Family Pseudococcidae Rank Species Order True bugs | Superfamily Coccoidea Genus Ferrisia | |
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Similar True bugs, Planococcus, Phenacoccus, Pseudococcus, Maconellicoccus hirsutus | ||
Ferrisia virgata, commonly known as the striped mealybug, is a species of mealybug belonging to the Pseudococcidae family. Ferrisia virgata parasitizes different crops including cottonplants. Female species are between the 4 and 4,5 millimeters long. The species was discovered and described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1893.
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