Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus euphorbiae (Ferris, 1955) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus euphorbiae Ferris 1955a: 128. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, Riverside Co., 13 miles NW of Indio, on Euphorbia polycarpa, by P.H. Timberlake. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (MillerMi1992,36-40). Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Eriococcus plucheae Ferris 1955a: 154. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, between Fabens and El Paso, on Pluchea sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by MillerMi1992, 36-40). Illustr.
• Acanthococcus euphorbiae (Ferris, 1955); Miller & Miller 1992: 36-40. change of combination Illustr.
• Eriococcus euphoriae Ferris, 1955; Miller 2005: 491. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• euphorbia eriococcin MillerMi1992

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 8

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1993: pp.157 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of California] Key as: Acanthococcus euphorbiae
• MillerMi1993: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus euphorbiae
• MillerMi1992: pp.6 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species in the western United States] Key as: Acanthococcus euphorbiae
• McDani1964: pp.104 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species of Texas] Key as: Eriococcus plucheae
• Ferris1955a: pp.97 ( Adult (F) ) [North American species of Eriococcus] Key as: Eriococcus plucheae

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae conical, with rounded apices, marginal setae noticeably larger than other setae on dorsum; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & Miller, 1992).
• Structure: Body is oval. Newly formed adult female is grayish-purple to green; gravid and overwintering females are deep red. Ovisac is white, felted (Miller & Miller, 1992).
• General Remarks: Most comprehensive descriptions and illustrations by Ferris (1955a) and Miller & Miller (1992).

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