Valid Names Results

Protortonia navesi Fonseca, 1979 (Monophlebidae: Protortonia)

Nomenclatural History

• Protortonia navesi Fonseca 1979: 7. Type data: BRAZIL: DF, Brasilia, Planaltina, on Manihot utilissima; collected Dr. Marcio A. Naves.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
• Prototonia navesi; Fonseca 1979: 7. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

• Cassava root scale OliveiFrFi2008

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 16

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WilliaGu2008: pp.87-89 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Protortonia]

Remarks

• Structure: Colour photographs of adult female and infested Manihot plants by Oliveira et al. (2005).
• Economic Importance: Reported as a pest of Manihot esculenta in four states of Brazil (Oliveira et al. (2005); Oliveira et al. (2008).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Fonseca (1979). Description and illustration of adult female and nymphs by Williams & Gullan (2008).

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