Valid Names Results

Ferrisia dasylirii (Cockerell, 1896) (Pseudococcidae: Ferrisia)

Nomenclatural History

Dactylopius dasylirii Cockerell 1896o: 202. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Organ, on Dasylirion wheeleri. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Lectotype: Dactylopius dasylirii Cockerell [designated by Williams (1996)]: adult .: on slide with 5 other adult .., labels: Dactylopius / dasylirii / Dasylirion / wheeleri / Organ, N.M. / Sept. 27 ’96 / (Cockerell) / TYPE" "7279" and "147/11" (USNM).
Pseudococcus dasylirii (Cockerell, 1896); Fernald 1903b: 101. change of combination
Ferrisia virgata; Ferris 1953a: 362. incorrect synonymy (discovered by KaydanGu2012, 19-23).
Ferrisia dasylirii (Cockerell, 1896); Kaydan & Gullan 2012: 16-23. change of combination
Ferrisa dasylirii; Zarkani, et al. 2020: 93. misspelling of genus name
Ferissia dasyrilii De La Pava et al. 2025: 1. misspelling of both genus and species names

Common Names

Cockerell’s striped mealybug PachecKaKo2022
Cochinilla rayada de Cockerell PachecKaKo2022

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 34 | Genera: 60

Amaranthaceae

Alternanthera | KaydanGu2012
Salicornia bigelovii | MagallLoPe2019

Anacardiaceae

Mangifera indica | KaydanGu2012

Annonaceae

Annona | KaydanGu2012
Annona muricata | PachecKaSi2019
Annona squamosa | KaydanGu2012

Apiaceae

Eryngium foetidum | KaydanGu2012

Apocynaceae

Fernaldia | KaydanGu2012
Hoya | KaydanGu2012
Nerium oleander | VonEll2025

Araceae

Dieffenbachia | KaydanGu2012
Nephthytis | KaydanGu2012
Philodendron | KaydanGu2012
Pothos | KaydanGu2012
Syngonium | KaydanGu2012

Araliaceae

Polyscias fruticosa | KaydanGu2012

Arecaceae

Cocos nucifera | KaydanGu2012
Elaeis guineensis | KaydanGu2012

Asparagaceae

Cordyline fruticosa | KaydanGu2012
Dasylirion | KaydanGu2012
Dasylirion wheeleri | Cocker1896o
Dracaena fragrans | KaydanGu2012 | (= Dracaena massangeana)
Yucca | KaydanGu2012

Asphodelaceae

Aloe purpurea | KaydanGu2012 | (= Dracaena marginata)

Brassicaceae

Brassica oleracea | KaydanGu2012

Bromeliaceae

Ananas comosus | KaydanGu2012

Combretaceae

Terminalia catappa | KaydanGu2012

Cucurbitaceae

Cucumis melo | KaydanGa2010

Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha | KaydanGu2012
Codiaeum | KaydanGu2012
Croton | KaydanGu2012
Euphorbia pulcherrima | KaydanGu2012 | (= Poinsettia pulcherrima)
Jatropha cathartica | KaydanGu2012 | (= Jatropha berlandii)

Fabaceae

Acacia greggii | KaydanGu2012
Albizia | KaydanGu2012
Albizia julibrissin | KaydanGu2012
Andira inermis | KaydanGu2012
Cajanus cajan | CaballKoRa2023
Gliricidia sepium | ZarkanApTu2020
Pithecellobium dulce | KaydanGu2012
Tephrosia | WatsonOuKa2021

Fagaceae

Quercus humboldtii | CaballKoRa2023

Gesneriaceae

Saintpaulia | KaydanGu2012

Heliconiaceae

Heliconia | KaydanGu2012

Lecythidaceae

Couroupita guianensis | KaydanGu2012

Loranthaceae

Loranthus | ZarkanFaAp2023

Lythraceae

Punica granatum | VonEll2025

Malvaceae

Durio zibethinus | ZarkanApTu2020
Gossypium | KaydanGu2012
Hibiscus | KaydanGu2012 SartiaWaNo2016
Theobroma cacao | KaydanGu2012 KoffiBaDe2025

Moraceae

Morus | KaydanGu2012

Musaceae

Musa | KaydanGu2012

Myrtaceae

Psidium | KaydanGu2012
Psidium guajava | KaydanGu2012

Orchidaceae

Cattleya | KaydanGu2012
Orchis | KaydanGu2012

Polygonaceae

Coccoloba uvifera | KaydanGu2012

Rubiaceae

Coffea canephora | RondelPeDi2018

Rutaceae

Citrus | ZarkanFeDj2023

Sapindaceae

Nephelium lappaceum | KaydanGu2012

Solanaceae

Solanum torvum | ZarkanApTu2020

Verbenaceae

Lantana camara | KaydanGu2012

Zingiberaceae

Alpinia purpurata | KaydanGu2012
Zingiber | KaydanGu2012
Zingiber officinale | KaydanGu2012

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Calophyllaceae

Mammea americana | VazqueRiCa2025

Coccinellidae

Tenuisvalvae notata | LimaPoGu2025

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 25

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua | Malump2018

Aruba | KaydanGu2012

Bahamas | KaydanGu2012

Belize | KaydanGu2012

Brazil | KaydanGu2012

Espirito Santo | PachecKaKo2022
Pernambuco | PachecKaKo2022
Rondonia | RondelPeDi2018
Rondonia | PachecKaKo2022

Chile | KaydanGu2012

Colombia | KaydanGu2012

Costa Rica | KaydanGu2012

Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | KoffiBaDe2025

Cuba | KaydanGu2012

Ecuador | KaydanGu2012

El Salvador | KaydanGu2012

Guatemala | KaydanGu2012

Hawaiian Islands | KaydanGu2012

Honduras | KaydanGu2012

Indonesia | RezekiHaSa2021

Sumatra | ZarkanApTu2020

Jamaica | KaydanGu2012

Kenya | WatsonOuKa2021

Malaysia | SartiaWaNo2016

Mexico | KaydanGu2012

Baja California Sur | MagallLoPe2019

Nicaragua | KaydanGu2012

Panama | KaydanGu2012

Saint Lucia | Malump2014a

United States

Arizona | KaydanGu2012
California | KaydanGu2012
Florida | KaydanGu2012
New Mexico | Cocker1896o
Texas | KaydanGu2012

Venezuela | KaydanGu2012

Keys

TanakaLe2025: pp.297 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Ferrisia based on adult females]
ZarkanApTu2020: pp.98 ( Adult (F) ) [Ferrisia in southern Asia]
KaydanGu2012: pp.11-12 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ferrisia based on adult females]

Remarks

Systematics: Cockerell (1896) described Dactylopius dasylirii from sotol, Dasylirion wheeleri (Ruscaceae, or sometimes placed in Nolinaceae), from a collection that he made in New Mexico near the community of Organ [at 1555 m; 32°26’N 106°36'W]. (Kaydan & Gullan, 2012) Ferrisia dasylirii is most similar to F. virgata as both species have ventral oral-collar tubular ducts of more than one size, clusters of small oral-collar tubular ducts on the ventral margins of the last 2-3 abdominal segments, and a minute discoidal pore usually near each enlarged dorsal tubular duct and most ventral oral-collar tubular ducts but never touching the rim of the duct opening. F. dasylirii can be distinguished readily from F. virgata by the following features: (i) discoidal pores are on the outer margin of the sclerotised area around the rim of the dorsal enlarged tubular ducts on the abdomen and often each pore and its surrounding sclerotisation projects out from the margin (in F. virgata discoidal pores associated with the sclerotised area around the rim of the dorsal enlarged tubular ducts on the abdomen usually not touching the outer margin of the sclerotised area and almost never projecting out from margin; (ii) small oral-collar tubular ducts in clusters on the posterior abdomen with distal end of each duct slightly tapered towards the attachment of inner ductile (in F. virgata the distal end of each duct is rounded); (iii) antennae usually =600 µm long with apical segment 120-150 µm long (usually =600 µm long with apical segment 105-125 µm long in F. virgata); (iv) venter of abdominal segment VI usually with =15 multilocular disc pores typically forming a single, sometimes irregular, row (in F. virgata =15 pores, usually forming at least a partial double row medially); (v) translucent pores usually absent on hind coxa (in F. virgata present on dorsal surface of hind coxa, especially posterolaterally, although often few in number); (vi) each anal lobe with only 2 cerarian setae except some specimens from Dasylirion (in F. virgata sometimes with an extra 1-2 conical cerarian seta(e) that is/are more slender than the other 2 setae). F. dasylirii is also very similar to F. cristinae, F. kondoi and F. williamsi (which have ventral oral-collar tubular ducts of more than one size, and clusters of small oral-collar tubular ducts on the ventral margins of the last 2 or 3 abdominal segments), however, F. dasylirii can be readily distinguished from the other three species by the position of the minute discoidal pores associated with ducts, which in F. dasylirii are always near the enlarged tubular ducts and ventral oral-collar tubular ducts but never touch the rim of the duct opening (discoidal pores always adjacent to duct openings in F. cristinae, F. kondoi and F. williamsi). F. dasylirii is also close to F. milleri and F. ecuadorensis but can be separated from these two species by the absence of clusters of small oral-collar tubular ducts on the head, thorax and abdominal segments. (Kaydan & Gullan, 2012)
Structure: The adult females often have rather thick setae associated with the sclerotised area surrounding the dorsal enlarged ducts. In addition, they usually have very few small ventral oral-collar tubular ducts on the margins of the posterior abdominal segments. Adult females of F. dasylirii display much variation in the presence or absence and abundance of translucent pores on the hind coxae. (Kaydan & Gullan, 2012)
Economic Importance: The economic importance of F. dasylirii is not clear because it has been missed identify for long time as F. virgata. (Sartiami, et al., 2016)
General Remarks: Redescription and illustration in Kaydan & Gullen, 2012.

Illustrations

ZarkanApTu2020

Citations

BarbosOlBa2018: chemical control, natural enemies, 963-971
CaballKoRa2023: distribution, host, record, survey, 35
Cocker1896o: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 202
Fernal1903b: 101
Ferris1953a: taxonomy, 362
KaydanGu2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, phylogenetics, structure, taxonomy, 19-23
KoffiBaDe2025: DNA, ant association, distribution, host, natural enemies, record, virus transmission, 2, 10
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 23
KondoWa2022d: illustration, 549
KondoWa2024: distribution, 2
LimaPoGu2025: ecology, natural enemies,
MagallLoPe2019: control, distribution, economic importance, host,
Malump2014a: distribution, host, 80
Malump2018: distribution, host, 57
MarqueLiMe2015: natural enemies,
OliveiSaOl2023: DNA, phylogeny,
OliveiSaOl2023: DNA, phylogeny, 6
PachecKaKo2022: control, diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 140-141
PachecKaSi2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 529, 535
PavaSiFa2025: chemistry, natural enemies, wax,
RondelPeDi2018: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration,
SartiaWaNo2016: distribution, economic importance, taxonomy, 2, 3
TanakaLe2025: diagnosis, key, 296, 297
TapajoLiSi2016: biological control, natural enemies, 93-100
VazqueRiCa2025: biological control, economic importance,
VonEll2025: distribution, host, 30
Watson2021: distribution, 526
WatsonOuKa2021: distribution, 72
WatsonOuKa2021: distribution, host, 84
WilliaBe2015: taxonomy, 164
ZarkanApTu2020: distribution, host,
ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 179
ZarkanErAp2023: distribution, host, 165
ZarkanFaAp2023: distribution, host, 206
ZarkanFeDj2023: distribution, host, key,