An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles Author Malumphy, Chris text Zootaxa 2014 2014-07-31 3846 1 69 86 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3 1175-5326 4928537 BCC369B9-3FAD-41D3-B85C-43D738D0CBA3 Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) — pineapple mealybug Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 63 families; a major pest of pineapple on which it transmits the Pineapple Mealybug Wilt Disease. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and Malumphy (2012). Collection data . Intercepted in the UK ( London ) on Annona muricata , 12.xi.2012 , leg. R. Waghorn , 2.vii.2013 , 25.v.2014 , leg. J. Pollock , 12.viii.2013 and 28.iv.2014 , leg. D. Dennis (attacked by Diadiplosis sp. , Cryptolaemus sp. ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ), and phytoseiid mites) .