Coccus viridis (Green, 1889) Cook Islands, Niue, Yes. NSW, NT, Qld Assessment not required. Assessment not required. Assessment not required. No Samoa, Tonga, and WA [Coccidae] Vanuatu (Williams and 2005; Poole 2010). Soft scale Watson 1990; Garcia Morales et al. 2016). Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893) Cook Islands, Niue, Yes. NSW, NT, Qld, Assessment not required. Assessment not required. Assessment not required. No Samoa, Tonga, Tas. and WA [Pseudococcidae] Vanuatu (Williams and (Garcia Morales et Pineapple mealybug Watson 1988b). al. 2016). Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley, Cook Islands, No record Yes. Lime is a host (Williams Yes. This species could Yes. This species is one of Yes 1959 (Williams and Watson and Watson This potentially establish in the most serious 1988b). mealybug is normally found tropical regions of Australia, mealybug pests in Hawaii. [Pseudococcidae] on the aerial parts of host and possibly subtropical It is implicated in Grey pineapple mealybug plants including the fruit areas as well, especially vectoring mealybug wilt (Martin Kessing et al. where pineapples are and green spot disease in 2007c). grown (Martin Kessing et al. pineapples (Martin 2007c). Other hosts include Kessing et al. 2007c). bananas, taro and coffee (Garcia Morales et al. 2016). Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell, 1893) Cook Islands, Samoa, Yes. NSW, NT, Qld Assessment not required. Assessment not required. Assessment not required. No Tonga, Vanuatu and WA (Poole [Pseudococcidae] (Williams and Watson 2010). Striped mealybug 1988b).
Coccus viridis (Green, 1889) [Coccidae] Soft scale Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu (Williams and Watson 1990; Garcia Morales et al. 2016). Yes. NSW, NT, Qld and WA 2005; Poole 2010). Assessment not required. Assessment not required. Assessment not required. No Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893) [Pseudococcidae] Pineapple mealybug Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu (Williams and Watson 1988b). Yes. NSW, NT, Qld, Tas. and WA (Garcia Morales et al. 2016). Assessment not required. Assessment not required. Assessment not required. No Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley, 1959 [Pseudococcidae] Grey pineapple mealybug Cook Islands, (Williams and Watson 1988b). No record Yes. Lime is a host (Williams and Watson This mealybug is normally found on the aerial parts of host plants including the fruit (Martin Kessing et al. 2007c). Yes. This species could potentially establish in tropical regions of Australia, and possibly subtropical areas as well, especially where pineapples are grown (Martin Kessing et al. 2007c). Other hosts include bananas, taro and coffee (Garcia Morales et al. 2016). Yes. This species is one of the most serious mealybug pests in Hawaii. It is implicated in vectoring mealybug wilt and green spot disease in pineapples (Martin Kessing et al. 2007c). Yes Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell, 1893) [Pseudococcidae] Striped mealybug Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu (Williams and Watson 1988b). Yes. NSW, NT, Qld and WA (Poole 2010). Assessment not required. Assessment not required. Assessment not required. No
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