Valid Names Results

Pseudococcus prunicolus McKenzie, 1964 (Pseudococcidae: Pseudococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudococcus prunicolus McKenzie 1964: 260. Type data: U.S.A.: Nevada, White Pine County, Cherry Creek, on Prunus sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sacramento: California State Collection of Arthropods, California Dept. Food & Agriculture, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• prune pseudococcus mealybug McKenz1964

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Caball2021: pp.360 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Pseudococcus]
• VonEllWa2016: pp.74-78 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococcus species present in the New World]
• McKenz1967: pp.288-289 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• McKenz1964: pp.255 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Biology: Feeding on the roots of its host plants.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by McKenzie (1967).

Illustrations

Citations