Dysmicoccus walkeri (Newstead, 1891)
walker’s mealybug
on grasses
wax-covered adult (from Gomez-Menor Ortega. 1957a)
parasite
Scales, 3-4 mm, on the leaves. Densely covered with powdery white wax; below the was the body is brownish yellow.
host plants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Agrostis capillaris; Phragmites australis.
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Planococcus walkeri.
references
Gomez-Menor Ortega (1957a), ScaleNet (2018).