Valid Names Results

Nanokermes folium Bullington & Kosztarab, 1985 (Kermesidae: Nanokermes)

Nomenclatural History

• Kermes pubescens; McConnell & Davidson 1959: 463. misidentification (discovered by BullinKo1985, 88).
• Nanokermes folium Bullington & Kosztarab 1985: 88-94. Type data: UNITED STATES: Virginia, Falls Church, 25/04/1916, by W. Middleton. 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 Illustr.

Common Names

• leaf kermes BullinKo1985

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Koszta1996: pp.283 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Nanokermes]
• BullinKo1985: pp.87 ( Adult (F) ) [Adult female Nanokermes]

Remarks

• Systematics: Bullington & Kosztarab (1985) state that this species "has been confused with Nanokermes pubescens and much of the literature referring to N. pubescens may actually refer to N. folium."
• Structure: Post reproductive female spheroid, basal fourth covered with short clear strands of wax, yellowish brown in color with three to five transverse, suffused bands of brown intersecting with two longitudinal stripes of darker brown. If the wax is rubbed off, the surface of the dorsum is shiny, somewhat translucent and covered with minute dark brown specks (Bullington & Kosztarab, 1985).
• Biology: This species has one generation per year (Kosztarab, 1996) with eggs laid in late June and July. Crawlers overwinter and the first molt occurs in May of the next year (McConnell & Davidson, 1959).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by McConnell & Davidson (1959)(as Kermes pubescens) and Bullington & Kosztarab (1985).

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