Valid Names Results
Icerya pilosa Green, 1896 (Monophlebidae: Icerya)Nomenclatural History
- Icerya pilosa Green 1896: 7. Type data: SRI LANKA: Chilaw, on a species of wiry grass growing on seashore.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (UnruhGu2008b,92). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Icerya seychellarum nardi Green 1922: 441. Type data: SRI LANKA: Diyatalawa, on Andropogon nardus.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Rao1951a, 128). Illustr.
- Icerya nardi Green, 1922; Morrison 1928: 226. change in status (level)
- Icerya pilosa nardi Green, 1922; Green 1937: 281. change of combination and rank
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 7
- Cyperaceae
- Cyperus rotundus | Varshn1992
- Poaceae
- Apluda | Varshn1992
- Chrysopogon zizanioides | Green1922
- Cymbopogon nardus | Varshn1992 | (= Andropogon nardus)
- Poaceae | Green1896
- Saccharum officinarum | JoshiNaVe2021
- Spinifex littoreus | Green1908a Green1922 Rao1951a
Foes:
Families: 3 | Genera: 4
- Aphelinidae
- Euryischia indica | Noyes2004
- Coccinellidae
- Novius fumidus | Srivas1973
- Novius sexnotatus | Pooran2023
- Encyrtidae
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- India
- Andhra Pradesh | UnruhGu2008b
- Bihar | Varshn1992
- Haryana | Varshn1992
- Kerala | Varshn1992
- Madhya Pradesh | Varshn1992
- NCT Delhi | Varshn1992
- Tamil Nadu | Green1908a Rao1951a
- Uttar Pradesh | Varshn1992
- Pakistan | Varshn1992
- Sri Lanka | Green1922
Keys
- JoshiNaVe2021: pp.209 ( Adult (F) ) [Icerya in India]
- Gavril2018: pp.179 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya]
- UnruhGu2008b: pp.72-73 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya]
- TangHa1995: pp.155-156, 615-616 ( Adult (F) ) [Asia]
- Rao1951a: pp.156 ( Adult (F) ) [South East Asia]
- Morris1928: pp.208-211 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Icerya]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female 6-8 mm long, 3-4 mm broad; covered by creamy white wax secretion interspersed with a very large number of erect tubular filaments; without a distinct ovisac at the posterior end, but with a pad of wax secreted by the ovisac band of pores on the venter forming a sort of marsupium in which the crawlers are found (Rao, 1951a).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1896, 1922) Rao (1951a) and by Tang & Hao (1995). Description of adult female by Unruh & Gullan (2008b).
Illustrations
Citations
- AgarwaSi1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 149
- BenDov2005a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 205-206
- Cocker1902q: distribution, taxonomy, 257
- Fernal1903b: 25
- Foldi2001a: taxonomy, 203
- Gavril2018: taxonomy, 176,179
- Green1896: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 7
- Green1908a: distribution, host, 18
- Green1922: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 441-443
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 281
- JoshiNaVe2021: host, illustration, key, 207, 209
- Menon1942: biological control, distribution, host, 233
- Morris1928: taxonomy, 208-209,225-226
- Noyes2004: biological control,
- Pooran2023: illustration, natural enemies, 5, 23, 25, 37, 38, 40
- Rao1951a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 128-129
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 423
- Srivas1973: biological control, distribution, host, 180-181
- TangHa1995: description, taxonomy, 155-156,160-161
- UnruhGu2008: phylogeny, taxonomy, 8-50
- UnruhGu2008b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 91-93
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, 15
- Vayssi1926: taxonomy, 319
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 243
