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Icerya seychellarum cristata NewsteadNOMENCLATURE:
Icerya seychellarum cristata Newstead, 1908: 9. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Fenerive (East Coast Madagascar), host plant not indicated, July 1914. Syntypes, female. Type depository: Berlin: Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany. Described: female.
DISTRIBUTION: Afrotropical: Madagascar [Newste1908].
GENERAL REMARKS: Description of adult female by Newstead (1908, 1909).
CITATIONS: BenDov2005a [taxonomy, host, distribution, catalogue: 219]; Foldi2001a [taxonomy: 204]; Mamet1952 [host, distribution: 170]; Morris1928 [taxonomy: 208, 223, 226]; Newste1908 [taxonomy, description, distribution: 9-10]; Newste1909 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 354-355].
Icerya seychellarum seychellarum (Westwood)NOMENCLATURE:
Dorthesia seychellarum Westwood, 1855: 836. Type data: ENGLAND: on a palm imported from the SEYCHELLES ISLANDS. Syntypes, female. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK. Described: female. Illust.
Coccus sacchari Guérin-Méneville, 1867: 451. Type data: MAURITIUS: on sugar cane. Syntypes, female. Described: female. Synonymy by Fernald, 1903b: 27. Notes: Type material lost; personal information (February 22 2002) from Daniele Matile-Ferrero, MNHN, to Yair Ben-Dov.
Orthezia seychellarum; Targioni Tozzetti, 1869: 30. Change of combination.
Icerya sacchari; Signoret, 1876: 352. Change of combination.
Icerya seychellarum; Maskell, 1897: 329. Change of combination.
Icerya candida Cockerell, 1905f: 128. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Manila, on a cultivated tree; collected 4 June. Lectotype female, by subsequent designation Unruh & Gullan, 2008: 43. Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA. Described: female. Synonymy by Morrison, 1928: 208.
Icerya okadae Kuwana, 1907: 178. Type data: JAPAN: on orange tree. Syntypes, female and first instar. Type depository: ITLA. Described: female and first instar. Illust. Synonymy by Green, 1922: 178.
Iceria seychellarum; Kawecki, 1965a: 206. Misspelling of genus name.
COMMON NAME: common white mealybug [MoutiaMa1946].
FOES: COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae: Rodolia breviuscula Weise [PuttarCh1957], Rodolia chermesina Mulsant [Mamet1978], Rodolia limbatus Motschulsky [Bartle1978c]. DIPTERA Cryptochaetidae: Cryptochaetum limbatus Rondani [Bartle1978c], Cryptochaetum utilis Bruegg. [Cadahi1984]. HYMENOPTERA Aphelinidae: Euryischia indica Mani & kurian [Noyes2004]. Encyrtidae: Neoplatycerus tachikawai Subba Rao [Noyes2004]. Eulophidae: Aprostocetus pauliani Risbec [Noyes2004]. Pteromalidae: Ophelosia crawfordi Girault [Noyes2004], Parasaphodes townsendi (Ashmead) [Noyes2004].
HOSTS: Agavaceae: Cordyline [WilliaWa1990]. Amaranthaceae: Achyranthes aspera [Beards1966]. Anacardiaceae: Mangifera indica [Newste1917b, TangHa1995, KinjoNaHi1996, WilliaWa1990], Rhus simarubiaefolia [WilliaWa1990], Semecarpus magnifica [WilliaWa1990], Spondias dulcis [WilliaWa1990]. Annonaceae: Annona muricata [WilliaWa1990], Annona reticulata [WilliaWa1990], Annona squamosa [WilliaWa1990], Monodora myristica [Newste1914]. Apocynaceae: Alyxia stellata [WilliaWa1990], Plumeria rubra [WilliaWa1990]. Araceae: Alocasia macrorhiza [WilliaWa1990], Anthurium andraeanum [WilliaWa1990], Epipremnum pinnatum [WilliaWa1990], Scindapsus aureus [WilliaWa1990], Xanthosoma sagittifolia [WilliaWa1990]. Araliaceae: Schefflera [WilliaWa1990]. Arecaceae [Westwo1855], Areca catechu [WilliaWa1990], Cocos nucifera [Beards1966, TangHa1995, WilliaWa1990], Elaeis guineensis [WilliaWa1990], Livistona chinensis [Mamet1952], Monstera deliciosa [WilliaWa1990], Phoenix [WilliaWa1990]. Aspleniaceae: Asplenium nidus. Asteraceae: Bidens pilosa, Lactuca sativa [WilliaWa1990], Zinnia [Reyne1957a]. Bixaceae: Bixa orellana [WilliaWa1990]. Bombacaceae: Ceiba pentandra [WilliaWa1990]. Boraginaceae: Cordia [WilliaWa1990]. Burseraceae: Canarium harveyi [WilliaWa1990]. Casuarinaceae: Casuarina [Green1908a], Casuarina equisetifolia [Rao1951a, WilliaWa1990]. Clusiaceae: Calophyllum inophyllum [WilliaWa1990], Mammea americana [WilliaWa1990]. Convolvulaceae: Convolvulus [WilliaWa1990], Ipomoea [WilliaWa1990], Ipomoea batatas [WilliaWa1990], Merremia peltata [WilliaWa1990]. Cruciferae: Raphanus sativus [WilliaWa1990]. Cycadaceae: Cycas revoluta [Kuwana1922a, Kuwana1931b]. Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea [WilliaWa1990]. Elaeocarpaceae: Elaeocarpus tonganus [WilliaWa1990]. Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha [Green1922], Acalypha godseffiana [WilliaWa1990], Acalypha hispida [WilliaWa1990], Acalypha tricolor [WilliaWa1990], Croton [Green1922], Euphorbia heterophylla [WilliaWa1990], Excoecaria agallocha [WilliaWa1990], Glochidion ramiflorum [WilliaWa1990], Macaranga aleurotoides [WilliaWa1990], Macaranga harveyana [WilliaWa1990], Phyllanthus [Mamet1978]. Fabaceae: Acacia decurrens [Rao1951a], Acacia spirobris [WilliaWa1990], Albizia [WilliaWa1990], Albizia falcataria [WilliaWa1990], Bauhinia monandra [WilliaWa1990], Caesalpinia pulcherrima [WilliaWa1990], Cajanus cajan [WilliaWa1990], Cassia [WilliaWa1990], Crotalaria [WilliaWa1990], Derris [WilliaWa1990], Derris eliptica [WilliaWa1990], Erythrina [WilliaWa1990], Erythrina indica [WilliaWa1990], Gliricidia sepium [WilliaWa1990], Inocarpus fagifera [WilliaWa1990], Mimosa pudica [WilliaWa1990], Phaseolus artocarpus [WilliaWa1990], Phaseolus atropurpureus [WilliaWa1990], Vigna glabra [WilliaWa1990]. Fagaceae: Quercus [Vayssi1926]. Flacourtiaceae: Hydnocarpus [WilliaWa1990]. Gesneriaceae: Cyrtandra [WilliaWa1990]. Goodeniaceae: Scaevola floribunda [WilliaWa1990], Scaevola taccada [WilliaWa1990]. Heliconiaceae: Heliconia [WilliaWa1990]. Lamiaceae: Ocimum gratissimum [WilliaWa1990]. Lauraceae: Cinnamomum zeylanicum [WilliaWa1990], Litsea glutinosa [Morris1920], Persea americana [Mamet1978, WilliaWa1990, GermaiLeRo2007]. Lecythidaceae: Barringtonia asiatica [WilliaWa1990], Barringtonia butonica [WilliaWa1990]. Loganiaceae: Fagraea berteriana. Loranthaceae [Vayssi1926]. Lythraceae: Lagerstroemia [WilliaWa1990], Pemphis acidula [WilliaWa1990]. Magnoliaceae: Magnolia [Rao1951a]. Malvaceae: Gossypium barbadense [Mamet1978], Hibiscus rosa-sinensis [WilliaWa1990], Hibiscus tliaceus [WilliaWa1990]. Meliaceae: Dysoxylum forsteri [WilliaWa1990]. Menispermaceae: Cocculus [Green1922]. Moraceae: Artocarpus altilis [Takaha1942b, WilliaWa1990], Artocarpus heterophyllus [WilliaWa1990], Artocarpus integrifolia [Newste1909, Morris1920, Rao1951a, WilliaWa1990], Broussonetia papyrifera [WilliaWa1990], Ficus [Brain1915, WilliaWa1990], Ficus elastica [WilliaWa1990], Ficus glandifera [WilliaWa1990], Ficus scabra [WilliaWa1990], Ficus tinctoria [WilliaWa1990], Morus alba [WilliaWa1990], Streblus asper [Morris1920]. Musaceae: Musa [TangHa1995], Musa paradisiaca [WilliaWa1990], Musa sapientum [Mamet1978]. Myricaceae: Myrica rubra [Kuwana1922a]. Myrtaceae: Eugenia [Beards1966, WilliaWa1990], Eugenia cumini [WilliaWa1990], Eugenia jambolana [Vayssi1926], Eugenia uniflora [WilliaWa1990], Feijoa sellowiana [WilliaWa1990], Psidium guajava [Morris1920, WilliaWa1990], Syzygium brackenridgei [WilliaWa1990], Syzygium mandangense [WilliaWa1990]. Oleandraceae: Nephrolepis hirsutula. Onagraceae: Ludwigia octovalvis [WilliaWa1990]. Pandanaceae: Pandanus odoratissimus. Passifloraceae: Passiflora [WilliaWa1990], Passiflora edulis [WilliaWa1990]. Pinaceae: Pinus caribaea [WilliaWa1990]. Piperaceae: Piper [WilliaWa1990], Piper methysticum [WilliaWa1990], Piper nigrum [WilliaWa1990]. Poaceae: Cymbopogon coloratus [WilliaWa1990], Saccharum [TangHa1995]. Portulacaceae: Portulacaria caffra [Mamet1959a]. Proteaceae: Grevillea [Green1922], Grevillea robusta [Rao1951a], Macadamia tetraphylla [WilliaWa1990]. Punicaceae: Punica granatum [WilliaWa1990]. Rhamnaceae: Alphitonia zizyphoides [WilliaWa1990]. Rosaceae: Crataegus mexicana [Mamet1959a], Fragaria [WilliaWa1990], Malus silvestris [WilliaWa1990], Pyrus communis [Rao1951a], Pyrus malus [Rao1951a], Rosa [Brain1915, Rao1951a, Reyne1957a], Rosa chinensis [WilliaWa1990]. Rubiaceae: Coffea [Lever1945], Coprosma [WilliaWa1990], Guettarda speciosa [WilliaWa1990], Ixora macrothyrsa [WilliaWa1990], Rubus idaeus [WilliaWa1990]. Rutaceae: Citrus [Kuwana1907, Kuwana1922a, Green1922, Rao1951a, Reyne1957a, Beards1966], Citrus aurantifolia [Mamet1978], Citrus aurantium [Mamet1978, WilliaWa1990], Citrus decumana [Newste1909, Morris1920], Citrus grandis [WilliaWa1990], Citrus limon [WilliaWa1990], Citrus nobilis [Morris1920], Citrus paradisi [WilliaWa1990], Citrus reticulata [WilliaWa1990], Citrus sinensis [WilliaWa1990], Poncirus trifoliata [WilliaWa1990]. Sapindaceae: Dodonaea viscosa [Rao1951a], Litchi chinensis [Mamet1959a, WilliaWa1990, GermaiLeRo2007]. Sapotaceae: Chrysophyllum cainito [WilliaWa1990], Manilkara sapota [WilliaWa1990]. Solanaceae: Capsicum frutescens [WilliaWa1990], Solanum nigrum [WilliaWa1990]. Sterculiaceae: Pterospermum suberifolium [Green1922]. Taccaceae: Tacca pinnatifida [WilliaWa1990]. Theaceae: Thea sasangana [Kuwana1922a]. Verbenaceae: Clerodendrum [WilliaWa1990], Premna [WilliaWa1990], Tectona grandis [WilliaWa1990]. Vitaceae: Vitis vinifera [WilliaWa1990]. Zingiberaceae: Zingiber zerumbet [WilliaWa1990].
DISTRIBUTION: Afrotropical: Agalega Islands [Mamet1943a, Mamet1978]; Comoros [UnruhGu2008]; Kenya [CABI1955]; Madagascar [Newste1908, Newste1909, Vayssi1926, Mamet1951, CABI1955]; Malawi [Newste1914]; Mauritius [Mamet1943a]; Reunion [Mamet1952]; Rodriques Island [Mamet1943a]; Seychelles [Westwo1855, Vayssi1926, Mamet1943a]; South Africa [BrainKe1917, Bedfor1965a]; Uganda [Newste1914, Gowdey1917, Newste1917b, CABI1955]; Yemen [FoldiVa2004]. Australasian: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland [UnruhGu2008]); Cook Islands [WilliaWa1990]; Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands [Beards1966], Yap [Beards1966]); Fiji [Lever1945, WilliaWa1990]; French Polynesia [Cohic1956]; Kiribati [WilliaWa1990]; New Caledonia [Cohic1956, WilliaWa1990]; Niue [WilliaWa1990]; Palau [Beards1966]; Papua New Guinea [Reyne1957a, WilliaWa1990]; Solomon Islands [WilliaWa1990]; Tonga [CABI1955]; Tuvalu [WilliaWa1990]; Vanuatu (=New Hebrides) [WilliaWa1990]; Western Samoa [WilliaWa1990]. Neotropical: Colombia [Figuer1946]; French Guiana [WilliaWa1990]; Guadeloupe [MatileEt2006]. Oriental: Andaman Islands [CABI1955]; China (Fujian (=Fukien) [TangHa1995], Guangdong (=Kwangtung) [TangHa1995]); Hong Kong [CABI1955, UnruhGu2008]; India [Green1908a] (Assam [Rao1951a], Karnataka [Rao1951a], Kerala [Rao1951a], Tamil Nadu [Rao1951a], West Bengal [Rao1951a]); Indonesia (Irian Jaya [WilliaWa1990], Java [CABI1955], Sumatra [CABI1955]); Malaysia [CABI1955]; Pakistan [CABI1955]; Philippines (Luzon [Cocker1905f, Morris1920, CABI1955]); Ryukyu Islands (=Nansei Shoto) [KinjoNaHi1996, Kuwana1931b]; Sri Lanka [Green1922, CABI1955]; Taiwan [CABI1955]; Thailand [Takaha1942b, UnruhGu2008]. Palaearctic: Corsica [new] (Corsica, Ajjacio); France [new] (Hyeres, Var); Japan [Kuwana1907, CABI1955, Kawai1980].
BIOLOGY: Bedford (1965a) reported on unsuccessful attempts to control this pest in South Africa with the predatory fly Cryptochaetum monophlebi Skuse, introduced from Mauritius and Madagascar.
GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Westwood (1855), Guerin-Meneville (1867), Green (1896, 1922), Kuwana (1907, 1922a), Brain (1915), Vayssiere (1926), Morrison (1928), Rao (1951a), Williams & Watson (1990), Morales (1991) and by Unruh & Gullan (2008).
STRUCTURE: Colour illustration of adult female by Green (1922). Colour photograph of adult female by Kawai (1980).
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND CONTROL: This is a common pest on various host plants in parts of Asia, several Pacific islands, Japan and Africa.
KEYS: Tang & Hao 1995: 155-156, 615-616 (female) [Asia]; Williams & Watson 1990: 21 (female) [Tropical South Pacific]; Rao 1951a: 156 (female) [South East Asia]; Morrison 1928: 208-211 (female) [Species of Icerya]; Riley & Howard 1890b: 106 (female, nymph) [Palearctic].
CITATIONS: AbouEl2001 [host, distribution: 185-189]; Bartle1978c [economic importance, biological control, host, distribution: 135]; Beards1966 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 400-401]; Bedfor1965a [host, distribution, economic importance, life history, biological control: 155-165]; BenDov2005a [taxonomy, host, distribution, catalogue, economic importance: 219-224]; Box1953 [host, distribution, biological control: 53]; Brain1915 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 174-175]; BrainKe1917 [distribution: 181]; CABI1955 [distribution: 1-2]; Cadahi1984 [biological control: 181]; CharmoGe1921 [host, distribution: 185,188,189]; Cocher1972 [host, distribution, economic importance, biological control: 89-104]; Cocker1898x [taxonomy: 259]; Cocker1902q [taxonomy, distribution: 257]; Cocker1905f [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 128]; EzzatNa1987 [distribution: 88]; Fernal1903b [catalogue: 27]; Figuer1946 [host, distribution: 216]; Foldi1998 [catalogue: 426]; Foldi2001a [taxonomy: 204]; FoldiVa2004 [host, distribution: 80]; Gentry1965 [host, distribution, economic importance]; GermaiLeRo2007 [host, distribution: 472]; Ghesqu1943 [distribution, biological control: 400]; GouldHiNe1983 [host, distribution, life history, ecology: 247-254]; Gowdey1917 [host, distribution: 187]; Greath1971 [host, distribution, biological control ]; Green1896 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 7]; Green1908a [host, distribution, taxonomy: 18]; Green1922 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 440-441]; Green1937 [host, distribution: 281]; Guerin1867 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 451]; Hill1980 [host, distribution, life history, ecology: 345-352]; Kawai1972 [host, distribution: 3]; Kawai1980 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 88]; Kaweck1965a [taxonomy, structure: 205-211]; KinjoNaHi1996 [host, distribution: 125-127]; KondoKa1995a [host, distribution: 97-98]; Kuwana1907 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 178-179]; Kuwana1922a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution, life history, biological control: 30-39]; Kuwana1927 [host, distribution: 70]; Kuwana1931b [host, distribution: 164]; Lepesm1947 [host, distribution: 267]; Lever1945 [host, distribution: 41-44]; Lindin1912b [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 300-301]; Lindin1935 [taxonomy: 135-136]; Lindin1955a [taxonomy: 346]; Mamet1943a [host, distribution: 143-144]; Mamet1949 [catalogue: 4-5]; Mamet1951 [host, distribution: 215]; Mamet1954 [host, distribution: 6]; Mamet1959a [host, distribution: 371]; Mamet1978 [host, distribution: 105]; Maskel1893b [taxonomy: 247]; Maskel1896b [taxonomy: 406]; Maskel1897 [taxonomy: 329]; MatileEt2006 [host, distribution: 175]; McClur1983c [host, distribution, life history, ecology: 125-153]; Morale1991 [taxonomy, illustration, host, distribution: 58, 120]; Morris1928 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 203-209,222-226]; MorrisMo1923 [taxonomy: 44]; MoutiaMa1946 [host, distribution, economic importance, biological control: 462-463]; NegmAsEl2001 [host, distribution, chemical control: 453-461]; Newste1908 [host, distribution: 9]; Newste1909 [host, distribution: 354]; Newste1914 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 302]; Newste1917a [taxonomy: 6]; Newste1917b [host, distribution: 126]; Noyes2004 [biological control]; PuttarCh1953a [biological control: 87-95]; PuttarCh1957 [host, distribution, biological control: 7]; Rao1951a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 135-137]; Reyne1957a [host, distribution: 124]; RileyHo1890b [taxonomy, host, distribution: 105]; RobertSe1989 [host, distribution, life history, ecology: 332-334]; SalemElAb2006 [life history, physiology, ecology, host, distribution]; SchmutKlLu1957 [host, distribution, economic importance: 424]; Shiau1990 [taxonomy: 1-129]; Shirak1912 [host, distribution, economic importance]; Signor1869 [taxonomy: 872]; Signor1869a [host, distribution, economic importance: 90, 94]; Signor1876 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 352-353]; Takaha1942b [host, distribution: 6]; Tang2001 [distribution: 3]; TangHa1995 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 155-156,164-165,565]; Targio1869 [taxonomy: 30]; UnruhGu2008 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution, DNA, phylogeny: 8-50]; Vayssi1926 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 320,340-342]; VeseyF1941 [host, distribution, biological control: 161]; WadhiBa1964 [host, distribution, economic importance: 227-260]; Waterh1997 [host, distribution, economic importance: 156-171]; Westwo1855 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 836]; WilliaGuEn2006 [host, distribution: 269]; WilliaWa1990 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 24-28]; WongChCh1999 [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 4,42]; Yang1982 [host, distribution: 30].
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