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Genus: | Trabutina
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Trabutina is a genus of " blue-green" mealybugs, [1] [2] containing five species: T. crassispinosa, T. elastica, T. mannipara, T. serpentina, and T. tenax. [3] This genus of scale insects feeds solely on plants of the genus Tamarix. [3] Its type species is T. mannipara. [4]
Trabutina insects produce a sweet excretion which is used as a food in Israel and Iraq. [5] Polyrhachis simplex, a species of weaver ants, also feeds on the sugary secretions. [6]
Trabutina | |
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Trabutina is a genus of " blue-green" mealybugs, [1] [2] containing five species: T. crassispinosa, T. elastica, T. mannipara, T. serpentina, and T. tenax. [3] This genus of scale insects feeds solely on plants of the genus Tamarix. [3] Its type species is T. mannipara. [4]
Trabutina insects produce a sweet excretion which is used as a food in Israel and Iraq. [5] Polyrhachis simplex, a species of weaver ants, also feeds on the sugary secretions. [6]