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The Vine Mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Damaging Vineyards in Brazil

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In the last decade, the incidence of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in vineyards has increased, especially on crops grown under plastic covering, in the Serra Gaúcha region of southern Brazil where the major Brazilian wineries are concentrated. Eggs, nymphs, and female adults were collected in two highly infested vineyards in Bento Gonçalves City, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Mealybugs were identified by morphological and molecular techniques as the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret). This is a principal mealybug pest of vineyards worldwide, and this is the first record of damage from this species in Brazil.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr. Imre Foldi from the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France and CAPES for the scholarship awarded to VCPS.

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  1. Plant Protection Graduate Program, Plant Protection Dept, UFPel, Pelotas, RS, Brasil

    V C Pacheco da Silva

  2. Embrapa Grape and Wine, Rua Livramento, 515, 95700-000, Bento Gonçalves, RS, Brasil

    V C Pacheco da Silva, E C W Galzer & M Botton

  3. Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, UMR INRA, Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, Sophia Antipolis, France

    T Malausa

  4. Anses, Lab de la Santé des Végétaux, Unité d’entomologie et plantes invasives, CBGP, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France

    J F Germain

  5. Imamoglu Vocational School, Çukurova Univ, Adana, Turkey

    M B Kaydan

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Pacheco da Silva, V.C., Galzer, E.C.W., Malausa, T. et al. The Vine Mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Damaging Vineyards in Brazil. Neotrop Entomol 45, 449–451 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-016-0396-8

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