Valid Names Results

Orthezia shirakensis Hadzibejli, 1963 (Ortheziidae: Orthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia shirakensis Hadzibejli 1963a: 618-620. Type data: GEORGIA: East Georgia, Shirak steppe, on Artemisia meyeriana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Tbilisi: Plant Protection Institute, Republic of Georgia; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.324-325 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the world species of Orthezia]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female broadly oval and olive green. Last instar larvae are more elongate oval and have hairs present on both the ventral and the dorsal sides of the body (Hadzibejli, 1963a).
• General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Hadzibejli (1963a). Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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