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

Geographic Distribution

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).

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