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
- Poaceae
- Festuca | Ehrhor1911
- Oryzopsis hymenoides | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Martinique | Balach1957c BenDov1994 MatileEt2006 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 Ehrhor1911
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).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1957c: distribution, host, 207
- BenDov1994: catalog, 117
- Caball2021: key, 352ke
- Ehrhor1911: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 279
- Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 328-329
- Lindin1935a: taxonomy, 122
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 177
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 150-152
- Sassce1912: distribution, host, taxonomy, 86
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 245
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 116-118
