Species Pulvinaria polygonata Cockerell, 1905

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Regional Maps

• Pulvinaria polygonata Cockerell, T.D.A. 1905. Some Coccidae from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences 10: 127-136 [131].
• Pulvinaria cellulosa Green, E.E. 1909. The Coccidae of Ceylon. London : Dulau & Co. Vol. 4. [262].
• Pulvinaria nerii Kanda, S. 1950. Some scale-insects from Shansi, North China. Mushi 21: 33-39 [35].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borchsenius, N.S. 1957. Subtribe mealybugs and scales (Coccoidea). Soft scale insects Coccidae. Vol. IX. Fauna SSSR. Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk SSSR ns 66: 1-493 [219] (synonymy of Pulvinaria cellulosa Green, 1909)
• Tang, F.T. 1991. [The Coccidae of China]. Taiyuan, P. R. China : Shanxi United Universities Press. [230] (synonymy of Pulvinaria nerii Kanda, 1950)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Tang, F.T., 1991) [226] (female; China); (Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1990) [148] (female; tropical South Pacific); (Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C., 1983) [87] (female; Taiwan); (Kawai, S., 1980) [148-150] (female; Japan); (Borchsenius, N.S., 1957) [205] (female; Palaearctic Region); (Green, E.E., 1909) [262] (female; Ceylon)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of adult female by Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C. 1983. Monograph of Coccidae of Taiwan, Republic of China (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Journal of Taiwan Museum 36: 57–107, Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1990. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 3: The soft scales (Coccidae) and other families. London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 267 pp. and by Tang, F.T. 1991. [The Coccidae of China]. Taiyuan, P. R. China : Shanxi United Universities Press.

BIOLOGY

Life history and control in Taiwan (see Takahashi, R. 1939. Some Aleyrodidae, Aphididae, and Coccidae from Micronesia (Homoptera). Tenthredo. (Acta Entomologica. Takeuchi Entomological Laboratory) 2: 234–272, and in India (see Chatterji, A. & Datta, A.R. 1974. Bionomics and control of mango mealy-scale, Chloropulvinaria (Pulvinaria) polygonata (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccidae). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 44: 791–795). Ali recorded (as P. cellulosa) five generations per year on Mango in Bihar, India; overwintering in the fifth generation. Smith, D., Beattie, G.A.C. & Broadley, R.H. 1997. Citrus Pests and their Natural Enemies: Integrated Pest Management in Australia. Brisbane, Australia : State of Queensland, Department of Primary Industries, and Horticultural Research and Development Corp. 263 pp. reported 2–3 generations per year in Queensland, Australia.

STRUCTURE

See colour photograph in Kawai, S. 1980. Scale insects of Japan in colors. Tokyo : National Agricultural Education Association 455 pp. [figs 6.25 a, b).

General References

Yang, P.L. 1982. [General classification of scale insects in China.]. Shanghai : Shanghai Science & Technology 425 pp. [158] (Chloropulvinaria polygonata: incorrect citation of 'Green' as author)

Common Name References

Smith, D., Beattie, G.A.C. & Broadley, R.H. 1997. Citrus Pests and their Natural Enemies: Integrated Pest Management in Australia. Brisbane, Australia : State of Queensland, Department of Primary Industries, and Horticultural Research and Development Corp. 263 pp. (cited also by ) (Cottony Citrus Scale)

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