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Datasheet

Rhizoecus hibisci (root mealybug)

Summary

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20 January 2015

Datasheet Type(s)
Pest

Preferred Scientific Name
Rhizoecus hibisci

Preferred Common Name
root mealybug

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Uniramia
Class: Insecta

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

Rhizoecus hibisci Kawai & Takagi

Preferred Common Name

root mealybug

Other Scientific Names

Ripersiella hibisci (Kawai & Takagi)

EPPO code

RHIOHI (Rhizoecus hibisci)

Taxonomic Tree

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Uniramia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Pseudococcidae
Genus: Rhizoecus
Species: Rhizoecus hibisci

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Country	Distribution	First Reported	References	Notes
ASIA
Japan	Present		Kawai & Takagi, 1971; CABI/EPPO, 2002; EPPO, 2014
-Honshu	Present		CABI/EPPO, 2002; EPPO, 2014
-Kyushu	Present		EPPO, 2014
Taiwan	Present		Williams, 1996; EPPO, 2014
NORTH AMERICA
USA	Restricted distribution	1990	CABI/EPPO, 2002; EPPO, 2014
-California	Absent, intercepted only		EPPO, 2014
-Florida	Present		USDA, 1979; CABI/EPPO, 2002; EPPO, 2014
-Hawaii	Present		Beardsley, 1995; CABI/EPPO, 2002; EPPO, 2014
CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
Puerto Rico	Present		Williams & Granara, 1992; EPPO, 2014
EUROPE
Belgium	Absent, no pest record		EPPO, 2014
Italy	Absent, intercepted only		EPPO, 2014
Netherlands	Eradicated		Jansen, 1994; CABI/EPPO, 2002; EPPO, 2014; Jansen, 2001	Absent, pest eradicated, confirmed by survey.

Host plants/Plants Affected

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Plant name	Family	Context
Arecaceae (plants of the palm family)	Arecaceae	Unknown
Calathea	Marantaceae	Main
Camellia sinensis (tea)	Theaceae	Main
Dieffenbachia (dumbcanes)	Araceae	Main
Ficus	Moraceae	Main
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (China-rose)	Malvaceae	Main
Ligustrum ovalifolium (california privet)	Oleaceae	Main
Nerium oleander (oleander)	Apocynaceae	Main
Pelargonium (pelargoniums)	Geraniaceae	Main
Punica granatum (pomegranate)	Punicaceae	Main
Rhododendron (Azalea)	Ericaceae	Main
Serissa foetida	Rubiaceae	Main
Ulmus parvifolia (lacebark elm)	Ulmaceae	Main
Zelkova serrata (Japanese selkova)	Ulmaceae	Main

References

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Beardsley JW, 1995. Notes on two Rhizoecus species new to the Hawaiian Islands, with a revised key to Hawaiian hypogaeic mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae: Rhizoecinae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, No. 42:28-29

Ben-Dov Y, 1994. A Systematic Catalogue of the Mealybugs of the World. Andover, UK: Intercept Ltd, 397-400.

CABI/EPPO, 2002. Rhizoecus hibisci. Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, No. 631. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

EPPO, 2014. PQR database. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm

EU, 2000. Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community. Official Journal of the European Communities, L169:1-112.

Hata TY, Hara AH, Hu BKS, 1996. Use of a systemic insecticide granule against root mealybugs, Hawaii, 1995. In: Arthropod Management Tests Vol. 21. Lanham, USA: Entomological Society of America, p. 382.

Hu BKS, Hara AH, Hata TY, 1996. Hot water as a potential treatment against root mealybugs, Hawaii, 1995. In: Arthropod Management Tests Vol. 21. Lanham, USA: Entomological Society of America, 382-383.

Jansen MGM, 1994. Coccinea: scale insects. Annual Report 1994, Diagnostic Centre. Plant Protection Service, Wageningen, Netherlands, 44-45.

Kawai S, Takagi K, 1971. Descriptions of three economically important species of root-feeding mealybugs in Japan (Homoptera:Pseudococcidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 6(4):175-182

Matile-Ferrero D, 1976. La faune terrestre de l’Ile de Sainte-Hélène. 7. Coccoidea. Annales (Serie 8) Sciences Zoologiques no. 215. Musée Royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium, 292-318.

OEPP/EPPO, 1994. EPPO Standards PM 3/54 Growing plants in growing medium prior to export. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin, 24:326-327.

Pellizzari G, Pavan F, 1994. Rhizoecus saintpauliae on bonsai imported from Japan. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura, 26(2):275-278

USDA, 1979. A mealybug (Rhizoecus hibisci Kawai & Takagi) - Florida - a new Western Hemisphere record. USDA Cooperative Plant Pest Report, 4:6.

Williams DJ, 1996. Four related species of root mealybugs of the genus Rhizoecus from east and southeast Asia of importance at quarantine inspection (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Journal of Natural History, 30(9):1391-1403; 15 ref.

Williams DJ, Granara de Willink MC, 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.