Valid Names Results

Spilococcus eriogoni (Ehrhorn, 1899) (Pseudococcidae: Spilococcus)

Dactylopius eriogoni Ehrhorn 1899a: 103. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Santa Clara County, Stevens Creek Canyon, Mountain View, on Eriogonum 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
Erium eriogoni (Ehrhorn, 1899); Cockerell 1902t: 465. change of combination
Pseudococcus yerba-santae Essig 1913: 85. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Sespe Canyon, on Eriodictyon californicum. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Riverside: UCR Entomological Teaching and Research Collection, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1918d, 44).
Spilococcus eriogoni (Ehrhorn, 1899); Ferris 1950b: 223. change of combination
Spilococcus haigi McKenzie 1962: 679. Type data: U.S.A.: Nevada, Lyon County, Fernley, on Malacothrix sonchoides. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sacramento: California State Collection of Arthropods, California Dept. Food & Agriculture, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by McKenz1967, 423). Illustr.

Families: 8 | Genera: 12

Eriogonum fasciculatum | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
Eriogonum inflatum | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
Eriogonum nudum | BenDov1994 McKenz1967 BenDov1994 Ferris1918d | var. westonii (= Eriogonum latifolium saxicola),

Countries: 2

Biology: Living on the roots, crown, stems and foliage of its host plants.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b) and by McKenzie (1962, 1967) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992). Ferris (1953a) synonymized S. eriogoni and P. yerba-santae with S. atriplicis, but McKenzie (1960) recognized them as two separate species. Other host records of S. eriogoni by Ferris (1918d) refer to S. pressus.