Valid Names Results

Eurycoccus yuccae Ferris, 1953 (Pseudococcidae: Eurycoccus)

Nomenclatural History

Eurycoccus olivaceus; Ferris 1950b: 84. misidentification
Eurycoccus yuccae Ferris 1953a: 349. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, El Paso, on Yucca sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Asparagaceae

Yucca | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b Ferris1953a

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

United States

Texas | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b Ferris1953a

Keys

GranarMi2004: pp.142-143 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Eurycoccus]
Ferris1953a: pp.348 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Ferris1950b: pp.81 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b) and by Ferris (1953a). The original description and illustration of this species were presented by Ferris (1950b) under the name of Eurycoccus olivaceus (Cockerell).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 160, 161
Ferris1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 84-85
Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 349, 356-357
GranarMi2004: key, taxonomy, 141-143