Valid Names Results

Lachnodiella cecropiae Hempel, 1911 (Pseudococcidae: Lachnodiella)

Nomenclatural History

Lachnodiella cecropiae Ihering 1907: 680. nomen nudum (discovered by Sassce1912, 86).
Lachnodiella cecropiae Hempel 1911: 52. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo and Campinas, on Cecropia adenopus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
Lachnodiella cecropiae; Sasscer 1912: 86. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "von Ihering" as author.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Urticaceae

Cecropia pachystachya | BenDov1994 Hempel1911 WilliaGr1992 | (= Cecropia adenopus)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Brazil

Sao Paulo | BenDov1994 Hempel1911

Keys

WilliaGr1992: pp.217 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]

Remarks

Biology: Found on the inside of trunks of the host plant.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration given by Ferris (1955) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).

Illustrations

Ferris1955

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 208
Ferris1955: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 2
Hempel1911: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 52, 53
Iherin1907: distribution, host, 680
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 245
WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 218-220