鳳梨嫡粉介殼蟲在台灣危害落花生之新紀錄

"A newly recorded insect pest, pink pineapple mealybug (Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)) (Homoptera : Pseudococcidae), infesting on the roots of peanut in Taiwan"

鳳梨嫡粉介殼蟲（Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)）（pink pineapple mealybug），一般稱為鳳梨粉介殼蟲（pineapple mealybug），屬於同翅目（Homoptera）、介殼蟲總科（Coccoidea）、粉介殼蟲科（Pseudococcidae）。此蟲主要行孤雌生殖為主。蟲體粉紅色、橢圓形，體上披覆白色粉臘，蟲體周圍附有白色之長絲繸狀物。體長約2.0-3.0 mm，寬約1.8-2.0 mm。觸角7-8節。背、腹面具各種大小之篩狀孔。體毛在體背短小，但肛環前有成叢長毛，體腹面毛較長。

"The pink pineapple mealybug, Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell), had been known as an important insect pest of pineapple and banana in Taiwan. Recently, it was firstly discovered to infest on the basal part and roots of some regarded peanuts in a field nearby a pineapple plantation. The infested plants showed leaves yellowing, wilting, and the growth was retarded remarkably. The synonym, morphological characteristic and its difference from allied species, and the host plants of the pest were reviewed in this paper."