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
