Valid Names Results

Alecanium hirsutum Morrison, 1921 (Coccidae: Alecanium)

Nomenclatural History

Alecanium hirsutum Morrison 1921: 648. Type data: SINGAPORE: Botanic Gardens, on Alsodeia echinocarpa.. Holotype, female, male, and first instar, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 6 | Genera: 6

Annonaceae

Annona squamosa | Ali1971 Takaha1952

Calophyllaceae

Mesua | Ali1971 Takaha1952

Fabaceae

Dialium indum | Ali1971 Takaha1952 | (= Dialium laurinum)

Malvaceae

Theobroma cacao | YunusHo1980

Myrtaceae

Syzygium aqueum | Ali1971 Takaha1952 | (= Eugenia aquea)

Violaceae

Rinorea anguifera | Ali1971 Hodgso1994a Morris1921 Takaha1952 | (= Alsodeia echinocarpa)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 2

Malaysia | Ali1971 Takaha1952 YunusHo1980

Singapore | Ali1971 Hodgso1994a Takaha1952

Keys

Remarks

General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Tang (1991) and by Hodgson (1994a).

Illustrations

Citations

Ali1971: distribution, host, taxonomy, 20
BenDov1993: catalog, 7-8
Hodgso1990: taxonomy, 219
Hodgso1994a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 103-105
Morris1921: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 648-653
Takaha1952: distribution, host, 17
Tang1991: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 149-150
YunusHo1980: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host,