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Morphological Study of the Soft Scale Insect Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell, 1894) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) Using Scanning Electron Microscopy

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Economic entomology

Abstract

Pyriform scale, Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell, 1894) is an exotic insect pest. This pest represents a serious pest of fruit trees and ornamental plants in many parts of the world. This insect pest infests many host species belonging to many plant families. The entire life cycle is spent on the lower leaf surface and few individuals were also observed on the upper parts of the leaf surface and it is estimated that the fecundity of this scale insect reaches about 200 eggs per female. The major damage from excretion large quantity of honeydew, which support the growth of sooty mould fungus and leads to defoliation. The present study deals with morphological description for pyriform scale by measuring the length and width of the different stages of nymph and adult female, since no males have been discovered for this insect and it reproduces by parthenogenesis. Also, some morphological characters of the adult female of this soft scale insect were studied by using a scanning electron microscope and photographing the ultrastructure of some parts such as, antennae, legs, marginal seta, bilocular pore, anal plate and wax producing pores. Results revealed that antennae consist of 8 segments, multilocular pores scattered around vulva and in transverse rows on abdomen.

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2024.372443

Keywords

Protopulvinaria Pyriformis, biology, SEM study

Authors

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Shahenda

Last Name

A.S. Ibrahim

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Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

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First Name

Mohamed

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Al Eryan

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Alexandria University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Alexandria, Egypt

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m_a_aleryan@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-1575-6295

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Abu-shall

MiddleName

Moustafa

Affiliation

Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

Email

amany.aboushal@alexu.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

10000-0002-5206-9187

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Tawfeek

MiddleName

Elsayed

Affiliation

Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology

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tawfeekaphido@yahoo.com

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Alexandria

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Volume

45

Article Issue

3

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49063

Issue Date

2024-09-01

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2024-07-10

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2024-09-30

Page Start

383

Page End

389

Print ISSN

1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/article_372443.html

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Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/

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Morphological Study of the Soft Scale Insect Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell, 1894) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) Using Scanning Electron Microscopy

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23 Dec 2024