Pink hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus

The pink hibiscus mealybug, a highly polyphagous pest, is commonly found infesting banana fruits in South India.

1 Banana fruits are infested by a variety of mealybugs, including Maconellicoccus hirsutus, which is polyphagous on several hosts.	2 Maconellicoccus hirsutus on banana fruit	3 Maconellicoccus on banana fruit	4 Colony of pink hibiscus mealybug on banana fruit
5 Maconellicoccus hirsutus on banana fruit	6 Maconellicoccus hirsutus on banana fruit	7 Mulberry mealybug colony on banana fruit	8
9	10	11 Scymnus coccivora, a common predator of pink mealybug and other mealybugs in banana ecosystem	12 Anagyrus spp. are effective parasitoids of banana mealybugs
13 Chartocerus sp. (Hymenoptera: Signiphoridae) are hyperparasitoids of other primary parasitoids of banana mealybugs	14 Promuscidea unfasciativentris (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) is the most common hyperparasitoid of many encyrtid parasitoids