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Comunicação Científica • Arq. Inst. Biol. 72 (3) • Jul-Sep 2005 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1808-1657v72p3912005   copy

FIRST OCCURRENCE OF DYSMICOCCUS BREVIPES (COCKERELL, 1893) (HEMIPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) IN PALMS OF SPECIES RHAPIS EXCELSA (THUNBERG) HENRY EX. REHDER IN BRAZIL

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ABSTRACT

Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) of roots the palm Rhapis excelsa (Thunberg) Henry ex. Rehder collected in Lavras, State of Minas Gerais, were identified as Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell, 1893), this being the first report of the occurrence of this pest on this plant in Brazil.

KEY WORKS
Insecta; Pseudococcidae; Dysmicoccus brevipes ; occurrence; Rhapis excelsa

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