Valid Names Results
Phenacoccus crassus Granara de Willink, 1983 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus crassus Granara de Willink 1983a: 59. Type data: ARGENTINA: Province of Tucuman, Zone of Trancas, Tapia, on Flaveria bidentis. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Mexico: Coleccion Entomologica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico; Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Asteraceae
- Flaveria bidentis | BenDov1994 Granar1983a WilliaGr1992
- Euphorbiaceae
- Croton sarcopetalus | Granar2003
- Lamiaceae
- Leonurus sibiricus | Granar2003
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Argentina
- Cordoba | Granar2003
- Tucuman | BenDov1994 Granar1983a WilliaGr1992
Keys
- GranarSz2007: pp.41-43 ( Adult (F) ) [Phencoccus species of South America]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.349 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
Remarks
- Biology: Found on roots of the host plant.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female given by Granara de Willink (1983a), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Granara de Willink & Szumik (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 313
- Granar1983a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 59-61
- Granar2003: distribution, host, 80
- GranarSz2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 57,62
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 351, 353, 354
