Valid Names Results
Peliococcus serratus (Ferris, 1925) (Pseudococcidae: Peliococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus serratus Ferris 1925: 231. Type data: CANADA: Ontario, Port Colborne, on Fagus americana. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Peliococcus serratus (Ferris, 1925); Ferris 1950b: 118. change of combination
Common Names
- beech mealybug Koszta1996
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Betulaceae
- Corylus avellana | BenDov1994 Marott1987a Marott1992a Tranfa1976
- Fagaceae
- Fagus | Koszta1996
- Fagus grandifolia | BenDov1994 Ferris1925 Ferris1950b Russel1987 | (= Fagus americana)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Canada
- Ontario | BenDov1994 Ferris1925
- Italy | BenDov1994 LongoMaPe1995 Marott1987a Marott1992a Tranfa1976
- United States
- Connecticut | Koszta1996
- District of Columbia | Koszta1996
- Maryland | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b Koszta1996 Russel1987
- New Hampshire | Koszta1996
- New Jersey | Koszta1996
- New York | BenDov1994 Ferris1925
- Ohio | BenDov1994 Ferris1925
- Pennsylvania | Koszta1996
- Tennessee | Koszta1996
- Virginia | Koszta1996
- West Virginia | Koszta1996
Keys
- Koszta1996: pp.150 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North USA]
- Tang1992: pp.513 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
Remarks
- Biology: In USA, Maryland it lives on Fagus grandifolia, where it develops two generations a year. Adult females settle on the bark of tree trunks and form a covering ovisac in which eggs are deposited from June until August and October through November. Eggs laid in in summer hatch in about 7-14 days while those deposited in the fall overwinter (Russell, 1987).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b), Tranfaglia (1976) and by Kosztarab (1996). Good description of the adult female given by Marotta (1992a) and by Tang (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 298
- Ferris1925: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 231-232
- Ferris1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 118-119
- Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 150-151
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 119
- Marott1987a: distribution, host, 110
- Marott1992a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 82-83
- Russel1987: distribution, host, life history, 359-362
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 521-522
- Tranfa1976: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 134-136
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 250
