Species: Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell) - Catalog

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Common name: Citrophilus mealybug Field Characters: Body oval; slightly rounded in lateral view; dark in color, red when crushed; ostiole fluid red; mealy wax covering body, usually thick enough to hide body color except on intersegmental lines; with longitudinal lines on dorsum formed by bare areas occurring in submedial and submarginal areas; ovisac ventral only; with 17 lateral wax filaments, most relatively short, straight except posterior pair which may be slightly curved, posterior pair longest, about 1/4 length of body. Primarily occurring on foliage, stems, and fruit of host. Oviparous, eggs yellow or orange. Surface of lateral filaments rough.
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Validation characters: Without dorsal oral-rim tubular duct near frontal cerarius; oral-rim tubular ducts scattered over dorsum; dorsal setae about same length or shorter than conical cerarian setae (except on segment VIII where long); translucent pores on hind femur and tibia; without discoidals near eye; without clusters of ventral oral-collar tubular ducts laterad of front or middle legs. Comparison: Pseudococcus calceolariae can be distinguished from other species in the genus by lacking an oral-rim tubular duct near the frontal cerarius and by having short dorsal setae. U.S. quarantine notes: This species is commonly taken on a wide variety of plants and has been reported on more than 35 host families. It is intercepted at US ports-of-entry from nearly any warm area of the world and is reported in all zoogeographic regions. Several species of Pseudococcus other than P. aurantiacus, P. baliteus, P. calceolariae, P. comstocki, P. cryptus, P. elisae, P. jackbeardsleyi, P. landoi, P. longispinus, P. maritimus, P. odermatti, and P. viburni have been taken at US ports-of-entry including: P. agavis MacGregor (Mexico on Agave); P. apodemus Williams (Philippines on Fortunella and Mangifera); P. apomicrocirculus Gimpel and Miller (Mexico on orchids); P. apoplanus Williams (India on orchids); P. aurantiacus Williams (Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand on Garcinia, Lansium, and Nephelium); P. concavocerarii James (Somalia on Euphorbia); P. dendrobiorum Williams (Australia, India, Indonesia, Maylasia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand, on orchids); P. donrileyii Gimpel and Miller (Mexico on Citrus); P. importatus McKenzie (Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Jamaica, Madagascar, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Trinidad, and Venezuela on orchids); P. microcirculus McKenzie (Antigua, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Britain, British West Indies, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, and Venezuela on orchids); P. nakaharai Gimpel and Miller (Mexico on cactus); P. neomaritimus Beardsley (Mexico on Citrus, Psidium, and Punica); P. neomicrocirculus Gimpel and Miller (Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Venezuela on orchids); P. orchidicola Takahashi (Kwajalein, Marshall, Samoa, Tonga on Alocasia, Dendrobium, and Pandanus); P. philippinicus Williams (Philippines on Garcinia, Lansium, Melicoccus, and Nephelium); P. sociabilis (Brazil on Annona, Cattleya, Carica, Hedera, Hippeastrum, Dahlia,Oncidium, Solanum, and Zygopetalum); Pseudococcus solenedyos Gimpel and Miller (Mexico on Mangifera, Psidium, Punica, Spondias, and Tamarindus); P. solomonensis Williams (Micronesia and Palau on Musa and Piper). References: McKenz1967; WilliaGr1992. All references mentioning: Pseudococcus calceolariae
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