Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus adenostomae (Ehrhorn, 1898) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus adenostomae Ehrhorn 1898: 244. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Santa Clara Co., near Mountain View, on Adenostoma fasciculatum, date unknown, by E.M. Ehrhorn. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MillerMi1992,7-9). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Nidularia adenostomatos (Ehrhorn, 1898); Lindinger 1933a: 108. change of combination Notes: This name is an unwarranted emendation.
• Acanthococcus adenostomae (Ehrhorn, 1898); Miller & Miller 1992: 7-9. change of combination Illustr.

Common Names

• chamise eriococcin Gill1993
• cottony greasewood scale Essig1931
• greasewood eriococcus CSCSH1914

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1993: pp.158-9 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of California] Key as: Acanthococcus
• MillerMi1992: pp.4 ( Adult (F) ) [Adult females of Acanthococcus in the western United States] Key as: Acanthococcus
• Ferris1955a: pp.95-97 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Eriococcus]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae slightly curved, with blunt apices; large translucent pores on hind coxae; no cruciform pores (Miller & Miller, 1992).
• Structure: Adult female oval. Newly formed females dark gray, fully gravid females deep red to purple. Crushed body contents purple. Ovisac is thick, white or yellowish-white (Miller & Miller, 1992).
• Biology: Occurs only on Adenstoma sp. in the chaparral areas of California (Miller & Miller, 1992).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Miller & Miller (1992). Gill (1993) also provides description, illustration and a color photograph. Detailed description and illustration of male in Hodgson (2020).

Illustrations

Citations