Crops: Cotton Insect Pests
Mealy bugs - Pseudococcus corymbatus (Pseudococcidae : Homoptera)
- Nymphs and adults are soft bodied insects covered by a mass of mealy white - waxy covering over the body.
- Life cycle is completed in 45 days.
- Mealybugs attack leaves, shoots covering them completely resulting in the stunting and drying of the plants.
- Several coccinellids, syrphids and Chrysoperla spp. predate upon the insect.
