Integrated Pest Management

 

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Soft bodied, oval shaped insects Covered in powdery, white mealy wax Extended filaments around the body 3-4mm	Photo
Nipaecoccus viridis Purple body fluid Purple eggs and crawlers Cause malformed fruit Round and wooly egg sac Stringy threads, if pulled Paracoccus burnae Eggs purple – brown Causes leaf malformation 17 pairs filaments tail filament longer than rest Planococcus citri Eggs and nymphs yellow Causes less severe damage to leaves 18 pairs of filaments Gradual increase in length of filaments to tail filaments One dorsal stripe Ferrisia virgata No body fluid Hairy Long filaments Sub dorsal spots forming 2 stripes Pseudococcus calceolariae Dark red body fluid Four longitudinal, darker lines on the top part of the body Four longish tail filament Pseudococcus longispinus Yellow body fluid tail filaments as long as the body (distinguishing characteristic) side filaments are longer than in other species