Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813) (Figure 35, after Williams 2004). Taxonomy. Dorthesia citri Risso 1813: 416. Type data. FRANCE: Menton, on Citrus spp. Pseudococcus citri phenacocciformis Brain 1915: 116. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Rosebank, on Bouvardia sp., synonymy according to Ezzat and McConnell 1956: 65; Hall 1926b: 6. Planococcus citri (Risso); Ferris 1950: 165, change of combination; Ezzat 1962d: 164. Hosts in Egypt. Tecoma capensis, Trifolium alexcasndrinum (Hall 1926b); on the roots of Arachis hypogaea, Citrullus vulgaris, Gynandropsis pentaphylla, Orobanche, Pluchea dioscoridis, Solanum tuberosum, Solanum lycopersicum, Solanum nigrum and Zygophyllum (Hosny 1939). Distribution in Egypt. Mataria (Hall 1926b); Alexandra, Barrage, Bilbeis, Dokki, El-Max, Ein-el-Sheikh, Khargah and Mansourah (Hosny 1939). Remarks. This is a very polyphagous, cosmopolitan species known to occur in Egypt since 1926.

Published as part of Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, pp. 1-83 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (999) on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10832115