Valid Names Results

Puto kosztarabi Miller & Miller, 1993 (Putoidae: Puto)

Nomenclatural History

Puto kosztarabi Miller & Miller 1993b: 9. Type data: U.S.A.: Virginia, Floyd County, Buffalo Mountain, on Danthonia spicata.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

buffalo mountain mealybug MillerMi1993b

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Poaceae

Danthonia spicata | MillerMi1993b
Spartina alterniflora | Koszta1996

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

United States

Virginia | Koszta1996 MillerMi1993b

Keys

PowellMi2024: pp.303-304 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Puto species]
PowellMi2024: pp.304-305 ( Adult (M) ) [Puto species]
Koszta1996: pp.189 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North USA]

Remarks

General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female, adult male, male prepupa and pupa, and female and male nymphs given by Miller & Miller (1993).

Illustrations

Citations

Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 189-191
KosztaRh1995: distribution, 110
MillerMi1993b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 9-33
PowellMi2024: key, 303-304
PowellMi2024: key, 305
VeaGr2015: phylogeny, 63
VeaGr2016: evolution, 4