Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), an invasive mealybug damaging cotton in Pakistan and India, with a discussion on seasonal morphological variation

By Chris J. Hodgson, G. Abbas, M. Arif, S. Saeed, H. Karar. 2008

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Novel Approaches for the Management of Mealybug Pests (2009, background): “solenopsis Tinsley are examples of invasive pests of annual crops; they cause devastating damage to green pepper in Israel and cotton in the Indian sub-continent (Ben-Dov 2005b ; Hodgson et al. 2008 ; Nakahira and Arakawa 2006) .”
Host plants distribution and overwintering of cotton mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis; Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). (2010, background): “It has a wide range of variation in morphological characters, biological adaptations and ecological adjustability (Hodgson et al., 2008).”
The invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, a threat to tropical and subtropical agricultural and horticultural production systems - a review. (2015, background): “solenopsis is reported highly polyphagous, damaging over 202 plant species belonging to 55 plant families across the globe (Williams and Granara de Willink, 1992; Abbas et al., 2005; Akintola and Ande, 2008; Hodgson et al., 2008; Ben-Dov et al., 2009; Nagrare et al., 2009, 2011; Vennila et al., 2010”
The potential distribution of an invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis and its threat to cotton in Asia (2010, methodology): “…made outside the continental U.S.A. were from Hawaii in 1966 (Kumashiro et al., 2001), then from Mexico in 1978, South America from 1985 onwards, and the Caribbean Islands and Central America from 1986 onwards (Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992; Watson & Chandler, 2000; Hodgson et al., 2008).”