Valid Names Results
Insignorthezia pseudinsignis (Morrison, 1952) (Ortheziidae: Insignorthezia)Nomenclatural History
- Orthezia pseudinsignis Morrison 1952: 44-45. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, Laredo, 18/03/1941, by C.P. Trotter. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: Seven paratypes in UCDC (Miller et al., 1973). Illustr.
- Insignorthezia pseudinsignis (Morrison, 1952); Kozár 2004: 318. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 5
- Rubiaceae
- Gardenia | Morris1952
- Rutaceae
- Citrus aurantium | Morris1952
- Citrus limon | Morris1952
- Solanaceae
- Capsicum | Morris1952
- Solanum torvum | Morris1952
- Verbenaceae
- Duranta erecta | Morris1952 | (= Duranta repens)
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Coccinellidae
- Zagreus hexasticta | Pacora1980
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Guatemala | Morris1952
- Mexico
- Aguascalientes | Morris1952
- Baja California Sur | Morris1952
- Colima | Morris1952
- Durango | Morris1952
- Jalisco | Morris1952
- Sinaloa | Morris1952
- Sonora | Morris1952
- Veracruz | Morris1952
- Peru | Morris1952
- United States
- Louisiana | Morris1952
- Texas | Morris1952
Keys
- Kozar2004: pp.296 ( ) [Key to the species of Insignorthezia]
- Morris1952: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Insignis group of Orthezia]
Remarks
- Structure: Adult female is very close structurally to I. insignis, but differs in the large and conspicuous irregular transverse sclerotic plates on the head and thorax in place of the narrower elongated plates of insignis (Morrison, 1952).
- General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Morrison (1952). Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).
Illustrations
Citations
- Beingo1969: biological control, distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 97
- Beingo1971: host, 2
- Beingo1971a: distribution, host, life history, 33
- Beingo1971b: biological control, distribution, host, 42, 43, 44
- GibsonCa1959: distribution, host, 68
- Gill1993: distribution, taxonomy, 79, 80
- Kozar2004: catalog, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 318
- Miller1985b: distribution, host, 90
- Miller1996: catalog, distribution, 80
- Miller2005: distribution, 493
- Morris1952: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 44-45
- Pacora1980: biological control, distribution, 111, 117
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 366
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 367
