Valid Names Results

Graminorthezia balloui (Morrison, 1925) (Ortheziidae: Graminorthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia balloui Morrison 1925: 112-115. Type data: CUBA: Oriente Province, Pico Turquino, on Palicourea crocea, 22/07/1922, by C.H. Ballou & S.C. Bruner. 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: Although Morrison marked a specimen as the holotype, no mention of a "type" or "holotype" is given in the original description (Morrison, 1925) so a lectotype should be designated. There are 5 adult females on 2 slides in the USNM. Illustr.
• Graminorthezia balloui (Morrison, 1925); Kozár 2004. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.272-273 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Graminorthezia]
• Morris1952: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Graminis group of Orthezia]
• Morris1925: pp.107 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the Subgenus Orthezia]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female almost entirely covered with tufts of secretion, body broadly oval, apex flattened (Morrison, 1925).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Morrison (1925). Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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