Valid Names Results
Phenacoccus cristinae Williams, D.J., 2017 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus hirsutus Granara de Willink 2007: 69. Type data: PUERTO RICO: Faro de Cabo Rojo, on Corchorus hirsutus; collected Wolcott, 4.i.1946.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior homonym (discovered by Willia2017, 129). Notes: Phenacoccus hirsutus Granara de Willink (Granara de Willink & Szumik, 2007: 73) was described from Puerto Rico on Corchorus hirsutus. The scale insect name is a junior homonym of Phenacoccus hirsutus Green, currently Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) described originally by Green (1908: 25) from India on an undetermined shrub.
- Phenacoccus cristinae Williams, D.J. 2017: 129. replacement name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Malvaceae
- Corchorus hirsutus | GranarSz2007
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | GranarSz2007
Keys
- GranarSz2007: pp.41-43 ( Adult (F) ) [Phencoccus species of South America]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Granara de Willink & Szumik (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- GranarSz2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 69,73,78
- Willia2017: taxonomy, 129
