Valid Names Results
Phenacoccus artemisiae Ehrhorn, 1900 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus artemisiae Ehrhorn 1900: 313. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Santa Clara County, near Mountain View, on Artemisia californica. Syntypes, both sexes, Type depository: Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Common Names
- artemisia mealybug McKenz1967
- Artemisia mealybug McKenz1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 5
- Asteraceae
- Artemisia californica | BenDov1994 Ehrhor1900
- Artemisia tridentata | GranarSz2007
- Asteraceae | GranarSz2007
- Chrysothamnus | GranarSz2007
- Tessaria absinthioides | GranarSz2007
- Fabaceae
- Lotus | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Argentina
- Mendoza | GranarSz2007
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 Ehrhor1900
- Idaho | GranarSz2007
- Nevada | GranarSz2007
- Oregon | GranarSz2007
Keys
- GranarSz2007: pp.41-43 ( Adult (F) ) [Phencoccus species of South America]
- Willia1987c: pp.338 ( Adult (F) ) [North and South America]
- McKenz1967: pp.214 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1964: pp.239 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1960: pp.713 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1960: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1953a: pp.395 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1950b: pp.121 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Biology: Occurring on the leaves and small twigs of the host plant.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female by Ferris (1950b), McKenzie (1967) and by Granara de Willink & Szumik (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 308
- Ehrhor1900: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 313, 317
- Ferris1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 129-130
- GranarSz2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 44-45,48
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 219-221
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 245
