Ferrisia virgata
| Ferrisia virgata | |
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| An adult Ferrisia virgata with eggs | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| 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. Ferrisia virgata parasitizes different crops including cottonplants. Female species are between the 4 and 4,5 millimeters long. The species was discovered and described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893.[1]
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References
- ↑ Invasive Species Compendium (2013). Ferrisia virgata
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