Ferrisia virgata

Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) Material examined. INDONESIA, Sumatra I., Bengkulu Province, Bengkulu city, Muara Bangkahulu, on Psidium guajava L. (Myrtaceae), 20 m a.s.l., 03°45′33.0″ S, 102°16′10.1″ E, 5.iii.2019, coll. A. Zarkani (AZ247), 3 ♀♀. Comments. The species is polyphagous on ornamentals and fruits, and is known from 78 plant families and 207 genera (García Morales et al. 2016). It is cosmopolitan, having been recorded from 101 countries (García Morales et al. 2016). In Indonesia, it has been recorded previously from Irian Jaya (Williams & Watson 1988; Gavrilov-Zimin 2013), Java (Keuchenius 1915; Betrem 1937; Ali 1968; Ben-Dov 1994; Williams 2004) and Sulawesi (Williams 2004).
Published as part of Zarkani, Agustin, Ercan, Cansu, Apriyanto, Dwinardi & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2023, Studies on mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Indonesia, with description of a new species and three new country records, pp. 157-172 in Zootaxa 5228 (2) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7532281
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