Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus eremicus Ferris, 1950 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

Phenacoccus eremicus Ferris 1950b: 139. Type data: U.S.A.: California, San Bernardino County, near Mojave, on Franseria dumosa. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

eremicus mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 8

Asteraceae

Ambrosia dumosa | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b | (= Franseria dumosa)
Encelia farinosa | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
Pluchea sericea | BenDov1994 McKenz1967

Lamiaceae

Marrubium vulgare | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b

Malvaceae

Malvella leprosa | BenDov1994 McKenz1967 | (= Sida hederacea)

Polygonaceae

Eriogonum fasciculatum | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992

Ranunculaceae

Clematis | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992

Solanaceae

Cestrum | GranarSz2007

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 3

Argentina

Tucuman | BenDov1994 GranarSz2007 WilliaGr1992

Mexico | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992

United States

California | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b

Keys

GranarSz2007: pp.41-43 ( Adult (F) ) [Phencoccus species of South America]
WilliaGr1992: pp.348 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
Willia1987c: pp.338 ( Adult (F) ) [North and South America]
McKenz1967: pp.215 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
McKenz1964: pp.239 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
McKenz1961: pp.27 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
McKenz1960: pp.714 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Ferris1953a: pp.395 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Ferris1950b: pp.121 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

Biology: Occurring on the crowns and roots of its host plant.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1950b), McKenzie (1967), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Granara & Szumik (2007).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: 316
Ferris1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 139-140
GranarSz2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 57,66
McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 240-242
WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 356, 357