A new species of pasture mealybug, Heliococcus novovillei Powell and Miller (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is responsible for damage of pasture and sugarcane in North America, but Heliococcus summervillei Brookes is here, too
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Authors
- Erin C. Powell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2483-1883)
- Matthew R. Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6313-3690)
- Ian C. Stocks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2871-1042)
- Douglass R. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4909-8654)
- Zachary Lahey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9402-9570)
- Jason L. Mottern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2158-8969)
- Ethan Gamble
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insecta mundi
- Published
- 2026-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64338/im.1205.w93uh
- Primary Topic
- Research on scale insects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00