Valid Names Results
Dysmicoccus grassii (Leonardi, 1913) (Pseudococcidae: Dysmicoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus grassii Leonardi 1913b: 59. Type data: CANARY ISLANDS: collected in Italy, Rome, on imported bananas from the Canary Islands. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Marott1992a,72). Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Dysmicoccus alazon Williams 1960b: 239. Type data: CANARY ISLANDS: collected in England, London, on imported bananas from the Canary Islands. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Marott1992, 71). Illustr.
- Dysmicoccus grassii (Leonardi, 1913); Marotta 1987a: 107. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 30 | Genera: 43
- Acanthaceae
- Thunbergia erecta | MirabaGaCa2018
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera indica | BenDov1994 CarnerPe1986
- Annonaceae
- Annona squamosa | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Arecaceae
- Chamaedorea seifritzii | MirabaGaCa2018
- Asparagaceae
- Asparagus | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Dasylirion longissimum | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Asteraceae
- Chromolaena odorata | BenDov1994 MirabaGaCa2018 WilliaGr1992 | (= Eupatorium odoratum)
- Cichorium intybus | MirabaGaCa2018
- Helichrysum bracteatum | MirabaGaCa2018
- Bignoniaceae
- Crescentia cujete | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Parmentiera aculeata | MirabaGaCa2018
- Bromeliaceae
- Ananas comosus | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Eduandrea selloana | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992 | var. inermis (= Andrea inermis)
- Tillandsia usneoides | MirabaGaCa2018
- Burseraceae
- Bursera graveolens | MirabaGaCa2018
- Caricaceae
- Carica papaya | CulikMaGu2006
- Combretaceae
- Terminalia catappa | BenDov1994 MirabaGaCa2018 WilliaGr1992
- Commelinaceae
- Commelina diffusa | MirabaGaCa2018
- Convolvulaceae
- Argyreia nervosa | MirabaGaCa2018 MirabaGaCa2018
- Cucurbitaceae
- Sechium edule | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Euphorbiaceae
- Codiaeum | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Fabaceae
- Acacia | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Albizia lebbeck | MirabaGaCa2018
- Andira inermis | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Bahuinia divaricata | MirabaGaCa2018
- Lysiloma latisiliquum | MillerMi2002a
- Lamiaceae
- Tectona grandis | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Lauraceae
- Persea | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Lythraceae
- Punica granatum | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Malvaceae
- Guazuma ulmifolia | BenDov1994 | (= Guazuma tomentosa)
- Theobroma cacao | BenDov1994 Granar2009 KondoRaVe2008 WilliaGr1992
- Melastomataceae
- Melastoma | Willia2004a
- Moraceae
- Artocarpus | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Ficus | MillerMi2002a
- Ficus benjamina | Gill1993
- Musaceae
- Musa | BenDov2013 MatileWi1996
- Musa acuminata | BenDov1994 CarnerPe1986
- Musa paradisiaca | BenDov1994 Marott1987a | (= Musa sapientum)
- Myrtaceae
- Callistemon citrinus | MillerMi2002a
- Syzygium malaccense | MirabaGaCa2018
- Passifloraceae
- Passiflora edulis | BenDov1994 CarnerPe1986 WilliaGr1992
- Polygonaceae
- Coccoloba | MillerMi2002a
- Coccoloba uvifera | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Rhizophoraceae
- Rhizophora | MillerMi2002a
- Rhizophora mangle | MillerMi2002a
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea | KondoRaVe2008
- Coffea arabica | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Verbenaceae
- Phyla nodiflora | MirabaGaCa2018
- Vitaceae
- Leea rubra | MirabaGaCa2018
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Platygastridae
- Allotropa musae | Buhl2005
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Caulimoviridae
- BSV | PalmaJBlGu2019 WatsonKu2005
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 23
- Bahamas | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Belize | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Brazil
- Espirito Santo | CulikMaGu2006 CulikMaVe2007
- Canary Islands | BenDov1994 BenDov2013 MatileOr2001 PerezGCa1987 Willia1960b
- China | ZhangWaWa2023
- Colombia | BenDov1994 Granar2009 Kondo2001 KondoRaVe2008 WilliaGr1992
- Costa Rica | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Cuba | BenDov1994 Granar2009 MartinBlSu2005 WilliaGr1992
- Dominican Republic | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Ecuador | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- France | GermaiMaPi2002
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- Honduras | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Italy | LongoMaPe1995
- Sicily | BenDov1994 Marott1987a
- Malaysia
- Sabah | Willia2004a
- Mexico | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Nigeria | MatileWi1996
- Panama | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Peru | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Spain | BenDovSa2015
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- Florida | MillerMi2002a
Keys
- ZhangWaWa2023: pp.129 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species in China]
- Hodgso2020: pp.32-34 ( Adult (M) ) [higher groups of Pseudococcidae]
- Granar2009: pp.12-14 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species of Neotropical region]
- Willia2004a: pp.161-163 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species of southern Asia]
- MillerMi2002a: pp.971 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Species of Dysmicoccus, Oracella and Paradoxococcus of the Gulf States Region (Adult Remales)]
- RussoMa1997a: pp.154-155 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus species of Italy]
- Tang1992: pp.193 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
- Beards1965c: pp.57 ( Adult (F) ) [Dysmicoccus brevipes complex]
Remarks
- Economic Importance: Studies about the sex pheromone of the mealybug Dysmicoccus grassii, a main pest of Canary Islands banana cultivars, showed strong evidence that (-)-(R)-lavandulyl propionate and acetate in a 6:1 ratio are principal components of it. The structural elucidation of these compounds is the first step toward the development of new and ecological control methods for this important pest based on its sexual pheromone. (de Alfonso, et al., 2012)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Williams (1960b), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992), Williams (2004a) and by Granara de Willink (2009). Description and illustration of adult male by Afifi (1968).
Illustrations
Citations
- Afifi1968: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 139-143
- Beards1965c: taxonomy, 67
- BenDov1994: catalog, 130
- BenDov2013: distribution, host, 72
- BenDovSa2015: distribution, host, 314
- Buhl2005: biological control, distribution, host, 67-69
- CarnerPe1986: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 52
- CulikMaGu2006: distribution, economic importance, host, 1-12
- CulikMaVe2007: distribution, host, 1-5
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, list, 12
- FrancoCoLu2021: reproduction, 254
- FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 19,25
- Gavril2018: reproduction, 220
- GermaiMaPi2002: distribution, host, 256
- Granar2009: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 40-41
- Hodgso2012: taxonomy, 64
- Hodgso2020: key, 33
- Hodgso2020: key, 33
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 36
- KondoRaVe2008: distribution, host, 34
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 23
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 23
- Leonar1913b: 59
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 118
- LorenzPrLo2001: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 85-101
- Marott1987a: distribution, host, 108
- MartinBlSu2005: distribution, host, 125-127
- MartinFoCu2015: distribution, host,
- MatileOr2001: distribution, host, 195
- MatileWi1996: distribution, economic importance, host, 445-449
- MillerMi2002a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 970-971
- MillerPo1997: taxonomy, 458-459
- MirabaGaCa2018: distribution, host, 194-195
- PalmaJBlGu2019: distribution, host, 289-290
- PerezG2008: distribution, 216
- PerezGCa1987: distribution, host, 129
- RussoMa1997a: taxonomy, 154-155
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 193, 194
- VeaGr2015: phylogeny, 64
- VeaGr2016: evolution, 4
- Willia1960b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 239-241
- Willia2004a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 189-191
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 247
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 132-134
- WilliaMa2012: distribution, host, taxonomy, 87, 91
- ZhangWaWa2023: key, 129
- ZouChMi2013: chemistry, 136
- deAlfoHeVe2012: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 11959-11964
