Valid Names Results
Saissetia persimilis (Newstead, 1917) (Coccidae: Saissetia)Nomenclatural History
- Lecanium (Saissetia) persimile Newstead 1917: 362. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on peach stems.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Saissetia oleae; Lindinger 1928: 107. misidentification
- Saissetia persimilis (Newstead, 1917); De Lotto 1956a: 243. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 15 | Genera: 20
- Apocynaceae
- Acokanthera schimperi | DeLott1956a
- Nerium oleander | DeLott1956a DeLott1965a
- Asteraceae
- Erigeron bonariensis | DeLott1956a
- Bignoniaceae
- Markhamia | DeLott1956a
- Boraginaceae
- Cordia monoica | DeLott1965a
- Ehretia cymosa | DeLott1956a
- Celastraceae
- Gymnosporia | DeLott1965a
- Combretaceae
- Combretum | Brain1920a
- Terminalia sericea | Hodgso1969a
- Euphorbiaceae
- Croton | DeLott1965a
- Fabaceae
- Acacia | Hodgso1967
- Malvaceae
- Grewia | DeLott1965a
- Hibiscus fuscus | DeLott1965a
- Moraceae
- Antiaris toxicaria | DeLott1965a
- Ficus | DeLott1965a
- Ficus thonningii | DeLott1956a
- Phyllanthaceae
- Uapaca kirkiana | Hodgso1967
- Proteaceae
- Protea | Hodgso1969a
- Rosaceae
- Prunus persica | Newste1917
- Rutaceae
- Harrisonia abyssinica | DeLott1965a
- Vitaceae
- Vitis | Hodgso1967
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Bothriophryne purpurascens | Comper1939d
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 7
- Ethiopia | DeLott1959
- Kenya | DeLott1956a DeLott1965a Newste1917
- Malawi | Hodgso1969a
- South Africa | Brain1920a DeLott1956a DeLott1965a
- Tanzania | DeLott1965a
- Uganda | DeLott1965a
- Zimbabwe | Hodgso1967
Keys
Remarks
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 316-317
- Brain1920a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 12-13
- Comper1938: biological control, 315-337
- Comper1939d: biological control, distribution, host, 22-23
- DeLott1956a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 242-245
- DeLott1959: distribution, taxonomy, 152
- DeLott1965a: distribution, host, 228
- Hodgso1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 17-19
- Hodgso1969a: distribution, host, 36
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 12
- Lindin1928: taxonomy, 107
- Newste1917: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 362-363
- Watson2021: distribution, 522
- ZhangCaFe2018: distribution, 103
