Valid Names Results

Drosicha townsendi (Cockerell, 1905) (Monophlebidae: Drosicha)

Nomenclatural History

• Monophlebulus townsendi Cockerell 1905f: 127. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Batangas, host plant not indicated, 20 September.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Drosicha lichenoides Cockerell 1913: 142. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Los Banos, on bark of Ficus nota, 1912, collected C.F. Baker.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Albany: New York State Museum Insect Collection, New York, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Morris1920, 157).
• Llaveia luzonica Cockerell 1914b: 334. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Luzon, Mt. Makiling and Los Banos, collected by C.F. Baker.. Syntypes, male, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Morris1928, 169).
• Llaveia benguetensis Cockerell 1916: 235. Type data: PHILIPPINES: Beguio, Benguet, host plant not indicated.. Syntypes, male, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Morris1920, 157).
• Drosicha townsendi (Cockerell, 1905); Morrison 1920: 157. change of combination
• Drosicha benguetensis (Cockerell, 1916); Morrison 1928: 169. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 7

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TangHa1995: pp.128-130, 611-613 ( Adult (F) Adult (M) ) [China, Asia]
• Morris1928: pp.169-170 ( Adult (F) Adult (M) Immature (F) Immature (M) ) [Species of Drosicha]

Remarks

• Systematics: The synonym Llaveia benguetensis Cockerell, 1916, was originally described only from the adult male (Cockerell, 1916).
• Structure: Adult female, grey, flattened, 9 mm long, 5.5 mm. broad, about 3 mm. height, very dark reddish, the grey appearance resulting from the mealy covering; there is a well-defined dorsal area, about 4 mm broad, marked in the abdominal region by strong transverse ridges representing the segments; anal orifice plainly visible with a lens, on the dorsal surface about 2.5 mm from hind end (Cockerell, 1905f).
• Biology: Attended by the ant Dolichoderus bituberculatus Mayr (Cockerell, 1913).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Morrison (1920).

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