Coconut mealybug Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell)(Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudo coccidae)
Vol. 2009 No. 5, Historical Fact Sheets
Vol. 2009 No. 5

Coconut mealybug Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell)(Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudo coccidae): EENY448/IN815, 6/2009

Historical Fact Sheets
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in815-2009
Published 2009-06-30
Adriana Espinosa
University of Florida
Amanda Hodges
University of Florida
Gregg Hodges
Catharine Mannion
University of Florida
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IN815

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Espinosa, Adriana, Amanda Hodges, Gregg Hodges, and Catharine Mannion. 2009. “Coconut Mealybug Nipaecoccus Nipae (Maskell)(Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudo coccidae): EENY448 IN815, 6 2009”. EDIS 2009 (5). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in815-2009.
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Abstract

EENY-448, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Adriana Espinosa, Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges, and Catharine Mannion, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this widely distributed pest with a wide host range that may be economically damaging to palms and tropical fruit crops — its distribution, field characteristics, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage, and management. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, June 2009.

EENY448/IN815: Coconut Mealybug Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) (ufl.edu)

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