Valid Names Results
Misericoccus imperatae (Hall, 1923) (Pseudococcidae: Misericoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersia imperatae Hall 1923: 8. Type data: EGYPT: Heliopolis, on Imperata cylindrica. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Misericoccus imperatae (Hall, 1923); Ezzat 1961: 68. change of combination
Common Names
- imperata mealybug AbdRabEv2021
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 5
- Poaceae
- Cynodon dactylon | BenDov1987 BenDov1994 Goux1935a
- Festuca ovina | BenDov1994 Goux1935a
- Imperata cylindrica | BenDov1994 Ezzat1961 Goux1935a Hall1923
- Phragmites australis | BenDov1994 Bodenh1943 | (= Phragmites vulgaris)
- Polypogon | BenDov1994 Ezzat1961
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Corsica | Foldi2003
- Egypt | BenDov1994 Ezzat1961 Hall1923
- France | BenDov1994 Goux1935a
- Iraq | BenDov1994 Bodenh1943
- Israel | BenDov1987 BenDov1994
Keys
- EvansAb2023: pp.8-13 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococccidae of Egypt]
- EvansAb2023: pp.8-13 ( Adult (F) ) [Pseudococccidae of Egypt]
Remarks
- Biology: Living on the stems beneath the leaf sheaths.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ezzat (1961).
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRab2001d: distribution, 1361
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 42
- BenDov1987: distribution, host, 115
- BenDov1994: catalog, 235
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 35, 43
- Bodenh1943: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 15-16
- EvansAb2023: disease transmission, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 7, 12, 20, 83
- Ezzat1961: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 68-70
- EzzatNa1987: distribution, 89
- Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
- Foldi2003: distribution, host, 148
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, list, 12
- Goux1935a: distribution, host, 92
- Hall1923: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 155
