Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes flosculoides Matile-Ferrero in Matile-Ferrero & Couturier, 1993 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes flosculoides Matile-Ferrero in Matile-Ferrero & Couturier 1993: 441. Type data: PERU: Loreto, Jenaro Herrera, Plantation HAP, on Myricaria dubia .. Holotype, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Myrtaceae
- Myrciaria dubia | MatileCo1993
- Psidium guajava | PerontSoGr2008
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Brazil
- Mato Grosso do Sul | PerontSoGr2008
- Sao Paulo | PerontSoGr2008
- Peru | MarinLCi1995 MatileCo1993
Keys
- WolffKoPe2016: pp.275-276 ( Adult (F) ) [Species recorded on Myrciaria dubia in Brazil]
- PerontSoGr2008: pp.142-144 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes species of São Paulo, Brazil]
- MarinLCi1995: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes in Peru]
Remarks
- Systematics: This species was also reported as Ceroplastes sp. by Couturier et al. (1994).
- Structure: Colour photograph of the adult female given by Matile-Ferrero & Couturier (1993) and by Peronti et al. (2008).
- Economic Importance: Reported (Matile-Ferrero & Couturier, 1993) to damage cultivated plantation of Myricaria dubia (common name 'camu camu'), a valuable export crop in Peru.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Matile-Ferrero & Couturier (1993) and by Peronti et al. (2008).
Illustrations
Citations
- MarinLCi1995: description, distribution, host, illustration, key, 48
- MatileCo1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 441-445
- PerontSoGr2008: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 158
