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Mealybugs are scales of the Pseudococcidae family and members of the Sternorrhyncha (formerly Homoptera) order. They are so called due to the thin-tothick mealy or cottony wax secretion covering the insects. Mealybugs are serious pests of fruit trees, ornamentals, food crops and many other cultivated plants. Their morphology, classification, biology, habitats, genetic systems and control measures, including the more recent use of pheromone traps, are well described in the literature. Although a...