Check list of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in Greece: three new records.

An updated list of the pseudococcid species observed in Greece is presented in this study. Wild plants and cultivated crops from different habitats were surveyed and mealybug samples were collected from 2005 to 2006. Three mealybug (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) plant pest species, Heliococcus bohemicus, Phenacoccus hordei, and Heterococcus nudus, are recorded for the first time in Greece. The species Planococcus citri, a common pest of citrus, P. ficus a major pest of vineyards, P. vovae, a common pest of cypress trees, and Puto tauricus from Gramineae were also encountered.