Valid Names Results

Planococcus mali Ezzat & McConnell, 1956 (Pseudococcidae: Planococcus)

Nomenclatural History

Planococcus mali Ezzat & McConnell 1956: 93. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: intercepted at Hawaii, Honolulu, on Olearia chathamica. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 10 | Genera: 13

Asteraceae

Olearia chathamica | BenDov1994 Cox1987 EzzatMc1956

Cupressaceae

Callitris rhomboidea | BenDov1994 Willia1985 | (= Callitris tasmanica)

Ericaceae

Styphelia abietina | BenDov1994 Cox1987 | (= Cyathodes juniperina)

Fabaceae

Acacia longifolia | BenDov1994 Willia1985
Acacia verticillata | BenDov1994 Willia1985
Psoralea pinnata | BenDov1994 Willia1985
Ulex | BenDov1994 Cox1987

Grossulariaceae

Ribes nigrum | BenDov1994 Cox1987

Lamiaceae

Phlomis | BenDov1994 Cox1987

Nothofagaceae

Nothofagus fusca | BenDov1994 Cox1987

Pittosporaceae

Pittosporum | BenDov1994 Cox1987

Primulaceae

Primula | BenDov1994 Cox1987

Rosaceae

Cotoneaster | BenDov1994 Cox1989
Malus prunifolia | BenDov1994 Willia1985 | (= Pyrus malus)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 2

Australia

New South Wales | BenDov1994 Willia1985
Tasmania | BenDov1994 Willia1985

New Zealand | BenDov1994 Cox1987 EzzatMc1956

Keys

Cox1989: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Cox1987: pp.74 ( Adult (F) ) [New Zealand]
Willia1985: pp.272 ( Adult (F) ) [Australia]

Remarks

Economic Importance: Reported as a pest of blackcurrants in New Zealand (Cox, 1989).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ezzat & McConnell (1956) and by Cox (1987, 1989). Cox (1987, 1989). Distribution and host plant records given by

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 365
Cox1987: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 75-76, 195
Cox1989: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 48-52
EzzatMc1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 92-95
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 24
Willia1985: distribution, host, taxonomy, 274