Valid Names Results

Pulvinaria flavescens Brethes in Massini & Brethes, 1918 (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)

Nomenclatural History

Pulvinaria flavescens Brethes in Massini & Brethes 1918: 150. Type data: ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires, on lemon.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: La Plata: Museo de la Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Division Entomologia, Argentina; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Aquifoliaceae

Ilex | SilvadGoGa1968

Ericaceae

Pernettya | Granar1999

Rosaceae

Cotoneaster | Granar1999

Rutaceae

Citrus aurantium | CorseuBa1971
Citrus limon | MassinBr1918
Citrus reticulata | CorseuBa1971 Granar1999 Kitaya1993 | (= Citrus deliciosa)
Citrus sinensis | CorseuBa1971

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 2

Argentina

Buenos Aires | Granar1999
Rio Negro | Granar1999

Brazil

Distrito Federal (=Brasilia) | Kitaya1993
Goias | AlmeidPeMa2018
Rio Grande do Sul | BenDov1993
Sao Paulo | AlmeidPeMa2018

Keys

Granar1999: pp.144 ( Adult (F) ) [Argentina]

Remarks

Economic Importance: A citrus pest in southern and southeatern states of Brazil (Kitayama, 1993). Kitayama (1993) evaluated the relative resistance of seven citrus rootstock varieties to infestation by P. flavescens.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Granara de Willink (1999).

Illustrations

Citations

AlmeidPeMa2018: distribution, host, 355
BenDov1993: catalog, 260
BertelBa1966: distribution, host, 17-46
CorseuBa1971: distribution, host, 239
GomesC1949: distribution, host,
Granar1999: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 144-146
Kitaya1993: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 889-895
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 12
Lizery1939: catalog, distribution, host, 188
MassinBr1918: distribution, host, taxonomy, 150-153
Quinta1956: distribution, host, taxonomy, 67-74
Ringue1924: distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 61-80
SilvadGoGa1968: catalog, distribution, host, 151
Vernal1953: distribution, host, 143