Valid Names Results

Mixorthezia ecuadorensis Morrison, 1952 (Ortheziidae: Mixorthezia)

Nomenclatural History

Mixorthezia ecuadorensis Morrison 1952: 66-68. Type data: ECUADOR: Pichilinque, on Cacao roots, 01/10/1944, by E.J. Hambleton. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Notes: There is one slide in the USNM labeled "type". Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Malvaceae

Theobroma cacao | Morris1952

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Ecuador | Morris1952

Keys

Kozar2004: pp.176-177 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Mixorthezia]
Morris1952: pp.66 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Mixorthezia]

Remarks

Structure: Adult female elliptical with lateral and small middorsal paired tufts of secretion (Morrison, 1952).
General Remarks: Original description and illustration by Morrison (1952). Redescription by Kozár (2004).

Illustrations

Citations

Kozar2004: catalog, description, distribution, host, illustration, 182
Morris1952: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 66-68