Valid Names Results
Phenacoccus similis Granara de Willink, 1983 (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus similis Granara de Willink 1983a: 61. Type data: ARGENTINA: Province of Tucuman, Tucuman, on Acanthaceae. Holotype, female, Type depository: Calabria: Istituto di Difesa delle Piante, Reggio Calabria, Italy; Tucuman: Fundacion e Instituto Miguel Lillo, Universidade Nactional de Tucuman, Argentina; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 10 | Genera: 13
- Acanthaceae
- Acanthaceae | Granar1983a WilliaGr1992
- Hypoestes | GranarCl2003
- Amaranthaceae
- Atriplex | GranarSz2007
- Asteraceae
- Ambrosia | WilliaGr1992
- Euphorbiaceae
- Croton sarcopetalus | GranarSz2007
- Euphorbia pulcherrima | Granar2003
- Lamiaceae
- Leonurus sibiricus | GranarSz2007
- Malpighiaceae
- Malpighiaceae | GranarSz2007
- Malvaceae
- Gossypium | GranarSz2007
- Gossypium barbadense | Granar2003
- Portulacaceae
- Portulaca | Granar2003 GranarCl2003
- Portulaca grandiflora | GranarSz2007
- Solanaceae
- Cestrum | GranarSz2007
- Nicotiana | WilliaGr1992
- Solanum melongena | WilliaGr1992
- Verbenaceae
- Lantana camara | WilliaGr1992
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Argentina
- Chaco | Granar2003 GranarSz2007
- Cordoba | GranarSz2007
- Salta | GranarSz2007
- San Luis | Granar2003
- Santiago del Estero | GranarSz2007
- Tucuman | Granar1983a GranarCl2003 GranarSz2007 WilliaGr1992
- Brazil
- Minas Gerais | GranarSz2007
Keys
- GranarSz2007: pp.41-43 ( Adult (F) ) [Phencoccus species of South America]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.349 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
Remarks
- Biology: Occurring on the aerial parts of the host plant.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Granara de Willink (1983a), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Granara de Willink & Szumik (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 343
- Granar1983a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 61-63
- Granar2003: distribution, host, 81
- GranarCl2003: distribution, host, 625-637
- GranarSz2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 99,101,104
- PerontMiSo2001: distribution, host, 247-255
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 384-386
