Valid Names Results
Vryburgia trionymoides (De Lotto, 1961) (Pseudococcidae: Vryburgia)Nomenclatural History
- Phenacoccus trionymoides De Lotto 1961: 218. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on Caralluma dummeri. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Vryburgia trionymoides (De Lotto, 1961); De Lotto 1967: 22. change of combination
- Vrybergia trionymoides; Dowell, et al. 2016: 120. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 6 | Genera: 19
- Aizoaceae
- Carpobrotus | Stocks2013
- Faucaria | Suh2026
- Lithops | Stocks2013
- Mesembryanthemum cordifolium | VonEll2025
- Apocynaceae
- Huernia | Stocks2013
- Orbea dummeri | BenDov1994 DeLott1961 | (= Caralluma drummeri)
- Asphodelaceae
- Aloe | Stocks2013
- Haworthia | VonEll2025
- Asteraceae
- Senecio | Stocks2013
- Crassulaceae
- Aeonium | JiSu2012
- Crassula | JiSu2012
- Dudleya | Stocks2013
- Dudleya palmeri | VonEll2025
- Echeveria | JiSu2012
- Graptopetalum | Stocks2013
- Kalanchoe blossfeldiana | SchutzGoGu2026
- Kalanchoe delagoensis | SchutzGoGu2026
- Pachyveria | Stocks2013
- Sedum | JiSu2012
- Sedum adolphi | SchutzGoGu2026
- Sempervivum | Stocks2013
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia | Suh2026
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 8
- Australia | SchutzGoGu2026
- Italy | Suh2026
- Japan | Suh2026
- Kenya | BenDov1994 DeLott1961
- New Zealand | Suh2026
- South Africa | Suh2026
- Spain | JansenAl2023
- United States
- California | Stocks2013
- Florida | Stocks2013
Keys
- AhmedPoMi2025: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [Florida Pseudococcidae]
- Suh2019a: pp.2-6 ( Adult (F) ) [mealybugs intercepted in S. Korea]
Remarks
- Structure: This mealybug is pinkish-purple, with a light coating of white wax over the body, and thick white filaments arising from the tip of the abdomen. The pinkish-purple body color may be obscured by the powdery wax coating. (Stocks, 2013)
- Biology: It is most commonly collected on succulent plants in the family Crassulaceae. (Stocks, 2013)
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by De Lotto (1961).
Illustrations
Citations
- AhmedPoMi2025: distribution, key, list of species, morphology, 5
- BenDov1994: catalog, 541
- DeLott1961: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 218-219
- DeLott1967: taxonomy, 22
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 120
- DownieGu2004: distribution, host, molecular data, phylogeny, 258-259
- HardyGuHo2008: molecular data, phylogeny, taxonomy, 51-71
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 31
- JiSu2012: distribution, host, illustration, 1-5
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 25
- LaflinGuPa2004: distribution, host, 475-477
- SchneiPo2026: distribution, economic importance, list, 30
- SchutzGoGu2026: distribution, history, host, record, taxonomy, 5, 18, 22
- Stocks2012b: biology, diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, natural enemies,
- Stocks2013: biological control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, 1-2
- Suh2019a: key, 3
- Suh2026: dispersal, distribution, economic control, host, list, 11
- VonEll2025: distribution, host, 35
- Watson2021: distribution, 527
