Valid Names Results
Phenacoccus multicerarii Granara de Willink, 2007 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus multicerarii Granara de Willink 2007: 79. Type data: VENEZUELA: Caracas, on undetermined plant; collected Macuzzi, 1949.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 14 | Genera: 14
- Asparagaceae
- Hosta | Stocks2012c
- Asphodelaceae
- Aloe vera | Stocks2012c
- Asteraceae
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | Stocks2012c
- Begoniaceae
- Begonia | Stocks2012c
- Convolvulaceae
- Ipomoea batatas | Stocks2012c
- Dryopteridaceae
- Polystichum | Stocks2012c
- Ericaceae
- Rhododendron | Stocks2012c
- Hydrangeaceae
- Hydrangea | Stocks2012c
- Lamiaceae
- Coleus scutellarioides | Stocks2012c
- Melastomataceae
- Medinilla magnifica | Stocks2012c
- Moraceae
- Ficus pumila | Stocks2012c
- Primulaceae
- Lysimachia nummularia | Stocks2012c
- Selaginellaceae
- Selaginella uncinata | Stocks2012c
- Thelypteridaceae
- Thelypteris | Stocks2012c
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- United States
- Florida | Stocks2012c
- Venezuela | GranarSz2007
Keys
- PowellDeMo2024: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Slide-mounted Phenacoccus species in Florida]
- GranarSz2007: pp.41-43 ( Adult (F) ) [Phencoccus species of South America]
Remarks
- Structure: Phenacoccus multicerarii is a relatively large mealybug, with adult females oval in shape and measuring 3.5 to 4mm (~0.15 in) long and 2 mm (0.08 in) wide. The general body color is yellowish to light grey with a conspicuous dusting of powdery white wax. In the live specimens available for observation, the lateral and terminal wax filaments, which are commonly observed in many mealybug species, are only weakly developed or are absent. Adult females produce a large ovisac of cottony and sticky wax that is attached to the posterior of the female, and the eggs inside the ovisac are bright yellow. (Stocks, 2012c)
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Granara de Willink & Szumik (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- GranarSz2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy,
- PowellDeMo2024: illustration, key, 3, 7
- Stocks2012c: biology, diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration,
- WatsonWiVo2017: distribution, genebank, 118-119gengeng
