Mealybug variant : A first report from Kaliabor region, Nagaon, Assam

There is the report of twenty two mealy bug species worldwide of which five are in India. A morphological variant of mealybug is observed infecting Ocimum tenuiflorum during winter season in Kaliabor sub-division of Assam, India which may lead to identification of a new species. Further work is necessary.