Microscopic study of diagnostic structures of a female of Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana) - quarantine pest of the Unified EAEU List
https://doi.org/10.69536/FKR.2020.68.46.001
Abstract
Comstock mealybug is of quarantine status under the Unified EAEU List. The infested plant material of fruit, horticultural and forest crops is the main way by which the pest is spread. To prevent introduction of quarantine species of mealybugs to pest free areas of the Russian Federation it is necessary to carefully inspect regulated products, detect quarantine and closely related species of mealybugs, conduct laboratory study for species identification. This study presents the results of the microscopic examination of diagnostic structures of the body of a female of Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana) that allow to distinguish between a quarantine object and closely related species of mealybugs detectable through a laboratory study.
About the Authors
N. A. Gura
FGBU “VNIIKR”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher of Entomological Research and Methodology Department
A. V. Shipulin
FGBU “VNIIKR”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Junior Researcher of Entomological Research and Methodology Department
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For citations:
Gura N.A., Shipulin A.V. Microscopic study of diagnostic structures of a female of Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana) - quarantine pest of the Unified EAEU List. Plant Health and Quarantine. 2020;(3):16-24. https://doi.org/10.69536/FKR.2020.68.46.001
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