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Orthezia sonorensis Cockerell, 1896 (Ortheziidae: Orthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia sonorensis Cockerell 1896f: 38-39. Type data: MEXICO: Sonora, San Ignacio, on Hymenoclea monogyra, 26/09/1894, by C.H. Townsend. Syntypes, 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 Notes: There are 6 syntype slides in USNM.

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]
• Morris1952: pp.9 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Urticae group of Orthezia]
• Morris1925: pp.106 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the Subgenus Orthezia]
• MacGil1921: pp.112 ( Adult (F) ) [Orthezia species]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female covered by white secretion, except for a small area posteriorly. Legs are orange brown (Cockerell, 1896b). Larvae closely resemble those of O. annae, but differ in that the antennae of all the specimens examined are only 5 segmented (Morrison, 1925).
• General Remarks: Original description by Cockerell (1896f). More detailed description and illustration by Morrison (1925). Redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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