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Hypogeococcus spinosus Ferris, 1953 (Pseudococcidae: Hypogeococcus)

Hypogeococcus spinosus Ferris 1953a: 382. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Merced County, Delhi, on undetermined cactus. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 4

Countries: 6

ParsaKoWi2012: pp.10-Aug ( Adult (F) ) [Key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) recorded on Manihot spp. (Euphorbiaceae) in the World]
WilliaGr1992: pp.203 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
Miller1983aDR: pp.191 ( Adult (F) ) [North and Central America]
Granar1981: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [Americas]
MillerMc1971: pp.578 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
McKenz1967: pp.201 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
Ferris1953a: pp.379 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Economic Importance: A pest of ornamental cactus plants in the U.S.A. (R.J. Gill, personal communication, 1993).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).