Valid Names Results

Distichlicoccus californicus (Ehrhorn, 1911) (Pseudococcidae: Distichlicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Trionymus californicus Ehrhorn 1911: 279. Type data: U.S.A.: California, San Joaquin County, near Lathrop, on Festuca sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Erium californicum (Ehrhorn, 1911); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination
• Distichlicoccus californicus (Ehrhorn, 1911); Ferris 1953a: 328. change of combination

Common Names

• yellow mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Caball2021: pp.351-352 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Distichlicoccus]
• McKenz1967: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• Ferris1953a: pp.325 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Biology: Living beneath the leaf sheaths of grasses.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).

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