Joshi, S., Mohan, M., & Sushil, S.N. 2023 Occurrence and rapid spread of an adventive species of soft scale insect, Fistulococcus pokfulamensis Hodgson & Martin (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in India. ICAR-NBAIR 8.2023: 1-4

Keywords:

  • control
  • diagnosis
  • distribution
  • economic importance
  • host
  • natural enemies

    • Notes: Fistulococcus pokfulamensis was described by Hodgson and Martin in 2005 from Hong Kong infesting a gymnosperm, Gnetum luofuense (family Gnetaceae). We reported this species for the first time from India infesting umbrella tree - Heptapleurum actinophyllum (Endl.) Lowry & G.M. Plunkett (Araliaceae) and jamun - Syzygium cumini (L.) (Moraceae) at Kodathi, Bengaluru (Karnataka), where the infestation on both these host plants was more than 80 percent.