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Dysmicoccus brevipes

Miri Bug

Pineapple Mealybug

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Pineapple Mealybug

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group; ?; Land, horticultural

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest on pineaples and other plants

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Hemiptera; Sternorrhyncha; Coccoidea; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE

More Information

SIGNIFICANCE NOTES -
NEGATIVE SIGNIFICANCE: Pest on pineaples and other plants. Comments: This mealybug is primarily a pest of pineapple and other bromeliads, however it will also infest Annona (cherimoya, atemoya, sugarapple), banana, celery, Citrus, coffee, cotton, Euphorbia, Gliricidia, Hibiscus, Hilo grass, mulberry, Natal soursop, nutgrass, orchid pineapple and Straussia.

GENERAL NOTE: A serious pest on pineapples. While feeding they inject poisonous saliva which causes "pineapple wilt".

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
Special Reference: PM79

Data Update History (information):
zB02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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