Saccharicoccus sacchari

Biology. Saccharicoccus sacchari is always hidden under the leaf sheaths of its host-plants; each female lays 300 – 400 eggs in an ovisac. The eggs hatch in 3 – 5 days and complete development in 20 – 30 days. This mealybug is one of the most important pests of sugarcane in the sugarcane-growing regions in Guangxi (Zhou et al. 1999; Qin et al. 2013).

Sumber: A review of the genus Saccharicoccus Ferris, 1950 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in China, with description of a new species

Distribution. Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic. In China: Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Tibet, Yunnan and Zhejiang provinces (Wang 1981, 1982, 2001; Yang 1982; Tang 1992; Wu 2009, 2009 a; Tsai 2011).

Sumber: A review of the genus Saccharicoccus Ferris, 1950 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in China, with description of a new species

Hosts. Oligophagous, only known from Poaceae, on 11 plant species in 8 genera (Williams & Granara de Willink 1992, Ben-Dov 1994, Garcia et al. 2016).

Sumber: Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on sugarcane in Colombia, with description of a new species of Tillancoccus Ben-Dov (Coccidae)

Economic importance and control. Saccharicoccus sacchari is a common pest of sugarcane in Hawaii (Beardsley 1960; 1962). It has been considered as a possible vector of rice diseases in Cuba and India (Uichanco & Villanueva 1932). In Colombia, it is considered a secondary pest of sugarcane crops, and rarely reaches levels to cause economic damage (Bustillo 2013).

Sumber: Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on sugarcane in Colombia, with description of a new species of Tillancoccus Ben-Dov (Coccidae)

Distribution. Cosmopolitan. In Colombia, it has been recorded in the departments of Antioquia, Caldas, Cauca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima and Valle del Cauca (Kondo 2001, Kondo et al. 2008). Here we report S. sacchari for the first time from the department of Caquetá. Diagnostic characters. Circulus large, commonly described either as “ hour-glass ” shaped or “ dumb-bell ” shaped; with long setae on each margin of the fifth and posterior abdominal segments; minute flat or duct-like pores present on integument surrounding each hind coxa (Williams & Granara de Willink 1992)

Sumber: Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on sugarcane in Colombia, with description of a new species of Tillancoccus Ben-Dov (Coccidae)

DISTRIBUTION. Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Palaearctic: China, Egypt, Iran and Israel. In Iran, S. sacchari occurs in Khouzestan. Only known on Poaceae (Ben-Dov et al., 2012).

Sumber: A review of the mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae, Putoidae and Rhizoecidae) of Iran, with descriptions of four new species and three new records for the Iranian fauna