Valid Names Results

Orthezia ambrosicola Morrison, 1952 (Ortheziidae: Orthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia ambrosicola Morrison 1952: 13-14. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, Red River, near Quanah, on Ambrosia sp., 1921, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Notes: There is a paratype in USNM.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp. ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Orthezia] Key as: 324-325
• Morris1952: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Urticae group of Orthezia]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female is elongate ovoid and narrowed somewhat anteriorly (Morrison, 1952).
• General Remarks: Original description by Morrison (1952). Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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