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mealybugs
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Includes: Introduction - Synonymy - Distribution - Description - Biology - Host Plants - Damage - Management - Selected References
Also published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/mealybug/Ferrisia_virgata.htm
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