Valid Names Results

Phenacoccus vaccinii (Danzig, 1960) (Pseudococcidae: Phenacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Paroudablis vaccinii Danzig 1960: 174. Type data: RUSSIA: St. Peterburg [= Leningrad] Oblast, Gory at Lake Vuoksa, on Vaccinium vitis. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Phenacoccus vaccinii (Danzig, 1960); Danzig 1971: 384. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• DanzigGa2014: pp.269-277 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic Phenacoccus species]
• Danzig2006a: pp.197-200 ( Adult (F) ) [A Key to Species of the Genus Phenacoccus]
• Tang1992: pp.529 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• Danzig1988: pp.700 ( Adult (F) ) [Far East of Russia]

Remarks

• Structure: Female. Body broad-oval, up to 3 mm long. Antennae 8–9-segmented. Legs well developed. Circulus large, oval. Multilocular pores present on ventral surface of abdomen only. Quinquelocular pores numerous everywhere on body except posterior abdominal sternites. Tubular ducts of three sizes. (Danzig, 2006a)
• Biology: Ovisac white, oval. Cocoon of male white, elongate. (Danzig, 2006a) Oligophagous on the family Ericaceae; lives on the underside of the leaves. (Danzig, 2006a)
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Danzig (1960). Good description of the adult female given by Tang (1992).

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