Ferrisia virgata

Ferrisia virgata
An adult Ferrisia virgata with eggs
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Pseudococcidae
Genus: Ferrisia
Species:
F. virgata
Binomial name
Ferrisia virgata
(Cockerell, 1893)

Ferrisia virgata, commonly known as the striped mealybug, is a species of mealybug belonging to the Pseudococcidae family. F. virgata parasitizes different crops including cottonplants. Female species are between the 4 and 4.5 millimetres (5⁄32 and 23⁄128 in) long. The species was discovered and described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893.[1]

Images

  • Ferrisia virgata duct
    Ferrisia virgata duct
  • Ferrisia virgata gonopore
    Ferrisia virgata gonopore
  • Ferrisia virgata first and second instar
    Ferrisia virgata first and second instar

References

  1. ^ Invasive Species Compendium (2013). Ferrisia virgata


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