Valid Names Results

Laminicoccus pandani (Cockerell, 1895) (Pseudococcidae: Laminicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Dactylopius pandani Cockerell 1895z: 16. Type data: MARQUESAS ISLANDS: Washington Island, on Pandanus sp.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (WilliaWa1988a,91). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Pseudococcus pandani (Cockerell, 1895); Fernald 1903b: 107. change of combination
• Tylococcus giffardi Ehrhorn 1916: 243. Type data: HAWAII: Honolulu, on leaves of Pandanus odoratissimus. Syntypes, both sexes, Type depository: Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Department of Entomology Collection, Hawaii, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Beards1966, 416).
• Pseudococcus carolinensis Takahashi 1939b: 245. Type data: CAROLINE ISLANDS: Ponape, Paliker, on Pandanus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; junior synonym (discovered by Beards1966, 416).
• Pseudococcus giffardi (Ehrhorn, 1916); Ferris 1948: 219. change of combination
• Laminicoccus pandani (Cockerell, 1895); Beardsley 1966: 416. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 6

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hodgso2020: pp.32-34 ( Adult (M) ) [higher groups of Pseudococcidae]
• WilliaMa2005: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [Laminicoccus species]
• Tang1992: pp.299 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• WilliaWa1988a: pp.91 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific Region]
• Beards1966: pp.416 ( Adult (F) ) [Federated States of Micronesia]
• Beards1960: pp.213 ( Adult (M) ) [Hawaii]
• Willia1960: pp.402 ( Adult (F) ) [Solomon Islands]
• Zimmer1948: pp.176 ( Adult (F) ) [Hawaii]

Remarks

• Biology: Living on the leaves of its host plant.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris in Zimmerman (1948) (as Pseudococcus giffardi) and by Williams & Watson (1988a). Good description and illustration of the adult male given by Beardsley (1960). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

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