Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes irregularis Cockerell, 1893 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes irregularis Cockerell 1893z: 351. Type data: MEXICO: State of Chihuahua, 6 miles north of Montezuma Railroad, on Artemisia sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (GimpelMiDa1974,49). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Ceroplastes artemisiarum Cockerell 1893t: 160. nomen nudum
- Ceroplastes irregularis rubidus Cockerell 1896o: 203. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Whitewater, on Atriplex canescens.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by GimpelMiDa1974, 49).
- Ceroplastes irrigularis Cockerell, 1893; Qin & Gullan 1995: 301. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- irregular wax scale Gill1988
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 6
- Amaranthaceae
- Atriplex | Cocker1912 Ferris1919a Ferris1921
- Atriplex canescens | Bibby1931 Cocker1896o GimpelMiDa1974
- Atriplex confertifolia | Ferris1919a King1903b
- Atriplex polycarpa | King1903b
- Krascheninnikovia ceratoides | Ferris1919a GimpelMiDa1974 | ssp. lanata (= Eurotia lanata)
- Suaeda | Gill1988
- Asteraceae
- Artemisia | Cocker1893z GimpelMiDa1974
- Chrysothamnus | GimpelMiDa1974
- Sarcobataceae
- Sarcobatus | Cocker1893z
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus ceroplastis | TavareSaDa2019
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico | Cocker1899n
- Baja California Norte | Ferris1921
- Chihuahua | Ferris1919a
- Chihuahua | Cocker1893z
- United States
- Arizona | Cocker1912
- California | Ferris1919a King1903b
- Idaho | BenDov1993
- Nevada | BenDov1993
- New Mexico | Cocker1896o Ferris1919a
- Texas | Bibby1931 Cocker1903a
Keys
- Gill1988: pp.17 ( Adult (F) ) [USA, California]
- GimpelMiDa1974: pp.19 ( Adult (F) ) [USA]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female 5-8 mm long. Dorsal wax cover varies in colour, creamy white, pink or red-brown; see colour photograph in Gill (1988).
- Biology: Apparently, it develops one annual generation in USA, California (Gill, 1988).
- Economic Importance: According to Essig (1931) the wax produced by the females of this species was used by the California Indians for mending pottery, waterproofing baskets and other purposes.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Gimpel et al. (1974) and by Gill (1988).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 39-40
- Bibby1931: distribution, host, 588
- Cocker1893cc: distribution, 99
- Cocker1893z: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 351
- Cocker1894d: taxonomy, 311
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 330
- Cocker1896o: distribution, host, taxonomy, 203
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 394
- Cocker1899n: distribution, host, 17
- Cocker1903a: distribution, host, 157
- Cocker1912: distribution, host, 301
- Cocker1914b: distribution, host, 331
- Fernal1903b: catalog, 153
- Ferris1919a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 41-42
- Ferris1921: distribution, host, 89
- Gill1988: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 20, 24
- GimpelMiDa1974: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 49-52
- King1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 194
- Miller1996: catalog, distribution, 69
- MillerWi1990: taxonomy, 343-344
- QinGu1995: taxonomy, 301
- QinGuBe1994: taxonomy, 541-549
- TavareSaDa2019: natural enemies, 4
