Valid Names Results

Praelongorthezia artemisiae (Cockerell, 1898) (Ortheziidae: Praelongorthezia)

Nomenclatural History

• Orthezia artemisiae Cockerell 1898: 19-20. Type data: UNITED STATES: New Mexico, Embudo, on Artemisia sp., ?/09/1897, by T.D.A. Cockerell. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: There are 2 syntype slides in USNM, 1 contains an immature, 1 has a single adult female.
• Praelongorthezia artemisiae (Cockerell, 1898); Kozár 2004: 387. change of combination

Common Names

• artemisia ensign scale Gill1993
• sage orthezia Gill1993

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Kozar2004: pp.382 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Praelongorthezia]
• Gill1993: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Field key to California Ortheziidae]
• Gill1993: pp.77 ( Adult (F) ) [Morphological key to California Ortheziidae]
• Morris1952: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [Species in the Praelonga group of Orthezia]
• Morris1925: pp.108 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the Subgenus Orthezia]
• MacGil1921: pp.113 ( Adult (F) ) [Orthezia species]

Remarks

• Structure: Immature is covered with white secretion. Adult female 3 mm. long, reddish ochreous, thoracic region with two prominent transverse crests (Cockerell, 1898).
• General Remarks: Original description by Cockerell (1898). Illustration by Gill (1993). Change of combination, redescription and illustration by Kozár (2004).

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