Coccidohystrix insolita (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Indonesia and its note on the three solanaceous plants

• Main Authors: Dewi Sartiami, Warniyadi, Nada Rachmatika, Ruly Anwar, Suroto Adisuseno, Watson, Gillian W.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21051/1/Js_12.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21051/; https://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1553
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The presence of eggplant mealybug, Coccidohystrix insolita (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from Indonesia and it infested host plants have been reported in this paper. It was collected in 2017 on cassava, Manihot utilissima in Central Java; additional samples were collected on Turkey berry, Solanum torvum in East and West Java in 2020, and in Aceh (Sumatra) in 2021. In a rearing experiment, the survivorship of C. insolita on three host plant species, Solanum melongena (eggplant), Solanum lycopersicon (tomato), and Capsicum annuum (chilli) was tested; based on the non-parametric Dunn’s test at a 5% level, the mealybug thrives best on Solanum melongena.