Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus azaleae Kuwana, 1914 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus azaleae Kuwana 1914: 1. Type data: JAPAN: Locality not indicated, on Azalea. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; accepted valid name
• Phenacoccus viburnae Kanda 1931: 25. Type data: JAPAN: on Viburnum dilatatum. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Yokohama: S. Kanda Collection, Asano Senior High School, Kanagawa-ku, Japan; junior synonym (discovered by Wu2000a, 69).
• Phenacoccus viburni Kanda, 1931; Kanda 1943a: 45. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by Kawai1980, 94).
• Phenacoccus vibrni Kanda, 1931; Kanda 1943a: 43. misspelling of species epithet
• Phenacoccus viburni Kanda, 1931; Kawai 1972: 8. emendation that is unjustified

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 6

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 5

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TanakaSaCh2022: pp.313 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus species in Japan]
• ZhaoWaSu2014: pp.116-117 ( Adult (F) ) [Phenacoccus in China] Key as: Phenacoccus viburnae
• KwonDaPa2003: pp.114 ( Adult (F) ) [Korea]
• Wu2000a: pp.69-70 ( Adult (F) ) [PHenacoccus species of China]
• Tang1992: pp.529 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• Tang1992: pp.529 ( Adult (F) ) [China] Key as: Phenacoccus viburnae
• Kanda1943a: pp.43 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]

Remarks

• Systematics: A single circulus seems to be the more typical condition of P. azaleae in China, but some specimens have two (rarely three) circuli, the largest situated between abdominal segments III and IV. Kawai (1980) indicated that the number of circuli in P. azaleae in Japan is one to three (generally two), which is different from PACE1 (that generally has only one). This variation is regarded as intraspecific variation by Wang & Wu, 2017.
• Biology: Develops one annual generation in China (Xie et al., 1998)
• Economic Importance: Reported as a destructive pest in Bunge Pricklyash forest in China (Xie et al. 1998).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Kuwana (1917), Kanda (1935), Paik (1978), Tang & Li (1988) and by Tang (1992). Good description of the adult female given by Kawai (1980).Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Kanda (1931, 1935), Tang & Li (1988) and by Tang (1992). Good description of the adult female given by Kawai (1980).

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