The Australian mealybugs (Homoptera : Pseudococcidae) of Xanthorrhoea (Xanthorrhoeaceae)
TK Qin and PJ Gullan
Invertebrate Taxonomy
3(6) 759 - 769
Published: 1989
Abstract
Xanthorrhoea is recorded for the first time as a host-plant genus of Australian mealybugs. Three new mealybug species, Dysmicoccus waustensis, D. saustralis, and Pseudococcus xanthorrhoeae, are recorded on Xanthorrhoea species (grass-trees) from disjunct localities. The adult females of all three species and the third instar female of P. xanthorrhoeae are described and illustrated. A key is provided for these grass-tree mealybugs and their relationships to previously described species are discussed.https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9890759
© CSIRO 1989