Phenacoccus dearnessi

Phenacoccus • Pseudococcidae • Sternorrhyncha • Hemiptera • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Phenacoccus dearnessi adults and crawlers on hawthorn (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
Source: IPM Images

Phenacoccus dearnessi crawlers emerging from adult on hawthorn (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
Source: IPM Images

Phenacoccus dearnessi King - (hawthorn mealybug)

This mealybug is an introduced pest of fruit trees in North America.

For details see the respective page in BugwoodWiki.

Publications covering Phenacoccus dearnessi

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (2005) 107, 123-158
Douglass R. Miller, Gary L. Miller, Greg S. Hodges and John A. Davidson (2005)
Introduced scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the United States and their impact on U.S. Agriculture

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (2002) 104, 825-836
Douglass R. Miller, Gary L. Miller and Gillian W. Watson (2002)
Invasive species of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and their threat to U.S. agriculture