Valid Names Results
Hypogeococcus spinosus Ferris, 1953 (Pseudococcidae: Hypogeococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Hypogeococcus spinosus Ferris 1953a: 382. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Merced County, Delhi, on undetermined cactus. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- spinose mealybug McKenz1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 4
- Cactaceae
- Astrophytum asterias | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Echinocereus | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Neowerdermannia | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Euphorbiaceae
- Manihot filamentosa | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 8
- Argentina | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Brazil | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Japan | BenDov1994 Kawai1980
- Mexico | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Spain | Suh2026
- Switzerland | JoshiRaAm2024
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a
- Texas | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Venezuela | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
Keys
- ParsaKoWi2012: pp.10-Aug ( Adult (F) ) [Key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) recorded on Manihot spp. (Euphorbiaceae) in the World]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.203 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
- Miller1983aDR: pp.191 ( Adult (F) ) [North and Central America]
- Granar1981: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [Americas]
- MillerMc1971: pp.578 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1967: pp.201 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- Ferris1953a: pp.379 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Economic Importance: A pest of ornamental cactus plants in the U.S.A. (R.J. Gill, personal communication, 1993).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 202
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 119
- Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 382-383
- JoshiRaAm2024: dispersal, economic importance, 2
- Kawai1980: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 117, 118
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 23
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 201-203
- ParsaKoWi2012: taxonomy, 8
- SchneiPo2026: distribution, economic importance, list, 26
- Suh2026: dispersal, distribution, economic control, host, list, 9
- Tang1992: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 327, 328
- VonEll2025: distribution, 31
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 215-217
