Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus minimus Tinsley, 1898 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Phenacoccus minimus Tinsley 1898b: 223. Type data: U.S.A.: Colorado, Larimer County, Fort Collins, on Picea pungens. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Phenacoccus kuwanae Coleman 1903: 62. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Siskiyou County, Salmon Mountains, on Picea breweriana. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1950, 152).
• Phenacoccus minutus Tinsley, 1898; Danzig 1971: 376. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• minimus mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Koszta1996: pp.161 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North USA]
• Russo1994: pp.281 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Danzig1971: pp.376 ( Adult (F) ) [Group of Phenacoccus piceae]
• McKenz1967: pp.216 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• McKenz1964: pp.240 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1961: pp.27 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1960: pp.715 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1953a: pp.397 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Biology: Occurring on the needles of spruce. Ferris (1950b) comments that the record of this species from Populus from Canada is probably based on stragglers from spruce.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b), McKenzie (1967) and by Kosztarab (1996).

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