Valid Names Results

Trionymus festucae (Kuwana, 1901) (Pseudococcidae: Trionymus)

Nomenclatural History

• Ripersia festucae Kuwana 1901: 401. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Santa Clara County, Black Mountain, on Festuca scabrella. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name
• Trionymus festucae (Kuwana, 1901); Ferris 1918d: 70. change of combination
• Erium festucae (Kuwana, 1901); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination

Common Names

• north coast mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerMc1973: pp.532 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1967: pp.461 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• McKenz1961: pp.48 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1960: pp.765 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1953a: pp.483 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1950b: pp.252 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Biology: Concealed beneath the sheathing bases of the leaves.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b) and by McKenzie (1967).

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