Valid Names Results
Metapulvinaria lycii (Cockerell, 1895) (Coccidae: Metapulvinaria)Nomenclatural History
- Lichtensia lycii Cockerell 1895o: 254. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Las Cruces, on Lycium torreyi.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (NakahaGi1985,37). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Ctenochiton lycii (Cockerell, 1895); Steinweden 1929: 234. change of combination
- Filippia lycii (Cockerell, 1895); Lindinger 1932f: 203. change of combination
- Metapulvinaria lycii (Cockerell, 1895); Nakahara & Gill 1985: 37. change of combination
- Metapulvinaria lysii (Cockerell, 1895); Hodgson 1994a: 370. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- lycium soft scale Gill1988
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 3
- Malvaceae
- Hibiscus denudatus | FerrisKe1923 NakahaGi1985
- Solanaceae
- Lycium | Cocker1895o Ferris1919a Ferris1921
- Lycium cooperi | Hodgso1994a NakahaGi1985
- Lycium torreyi | Cocker1895o Hodgso1994a NakahaGi1985
- Solanum | Ferris1921 NakahaGi1985
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico | BenDov1993
- Baja California Norte | Ferris1921 FerrisKe1923
- United States
- Arizona | BenDov1993
- California | Hodgso1994a
- New Mexico | Cocker1895o Ferris1919a Ferris1921 Hodgso1994a
- Texas | BenDov1993
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: See colour photograph in Gill (1988).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Nakahara & Gill (1985), Gill (1988) and by Hodgson (1994a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 185
- Cocker1895o: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 254-255
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 329
- Fernal1903b: 144
- Ferris1919a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 38-39
- Ferris1921: distribution, host, 89
- FerrisKe1923: distribution, host, 317
- Gill1988: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 55-56
- Hodgso1994a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 370-373
- Lindin1932f: taxonomy, 203
- Miller1996: catalog, distribution, 70
- NakahaGi1985: distribution, host, taxonomy, 37-41
- Steinw1929: description, taxonomy, 234
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 211
