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A new species of Ferrisia (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on cassava (Manihot esculenta) from Paraguay and on ragweed (Ambrosia tenuifolia) from Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. J. Williams
D. J. Williams*
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, c/o British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK
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Abstract

Ferrisia meridionalis sp. n. is described from Paraguay on cassava and from Argentina on ragweed (Ambrosia tenuifolia). Characters are given to separate it from F. virgata (Cockerell) with which it may easily be confused in life in South America on cassava.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 75 , Issue 2 , June 1985 , pp. 255 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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