Valid Names Results

Pulvinaria phaiae Lull, 1899 (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)

Nomenclatural History

Pulvinaria phaiae Lull 1899: 237. Type data: U.S.A.: Massachusetts, Amherst, in greenhouse on Phaius maculatus and Phaius sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Orchidaceae

Phaius flavus | Steinw1946
Phalaenopsis | Steinw1946
Rossioglossum grande | Steinw1946 | (= Odontoglossum grande)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

United States

California | Gill1988
Mississippi | BenDov1993
New York | Gill1988

Keys

Gill1988: pp.85 ( Adult (F) ) [USA, California]

Remarks

Biology: This species appears to be restricted to orchids.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Gill (1988).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1993: catalog, 275
DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 114
Fernal1903b: 133
Gill1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85,90-91,100
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 12
Lull1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 237-242
Steinw1946: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 10-11,24