Valid Names Results

Puto yuccae (Coquillett, 1890) (Putoidae: Puto)

Nomenclatural History

• Dactylopius crawii; Coquillett 1889: 123. misidentification (discovered by Ferris1918d, 64). Notes: Male only.
• Pseudococcus yuccae Coquillett 1890: 44. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Los Angeles County, on Yucca whipplei. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Phenacoccus yuccae (Coquillett, 1890); Cockerell 1896b: 325. change of combination
• Phenacoccus bahiae Ehrhorn 1900: 314. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Mayfield, on Bahia sp.. Syntypes, both sexes, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1918d, 64).
• Ceroputo bahiae (Ehrhorn, 1900); Cockerell 1901j: 166. change of combination
• Ceroputo yuccae (Coquillett, 1890); Cockerell 1901j: 166. change of combination
• Phenacoccus simplex King 1902a: 42. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Inyo County, Lone Pine, on Atriplex. Syntypes, female, Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1953a, 423).
• Ceroputo yuccae ceanothi Cockerell 1903a: 163. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Los Angeles, on Ceanothus oliganthus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1918d, 64).
• Phenacoccus ramonae Essig 1909a: 44. Type data: U.S.A.: California, on Ramona [= Salvia] stachyoides. Syntypes, female, Type depository: San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, Department of Entomology, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Essig1909b, 94).
• Puto yuccae (Coquillett, 1890); Ferris 1918d: 64. change of combination

Common Names

• large Yucca mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 14 | Genera: 19

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WilliaGr1992: pp.469 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]
• McKenz1967: pp.328 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
• McKenz1961: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McKenz1960: pp.731 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1950b: pp.192 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: McKenzie (1967) provided a colour illustration of the adult female and its habitat.
• Biology: Occurring chiefly on the stems and foliage of its host plant, although sometimes it is found on the roots (Flanders, 1936; McKenzie, 1967).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b), McKenzie (1967) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992). Description and illustration of adult male by Beardsley (1962) and by Hodgson & Foldi (2006). Puto mexicanus was once synonymized with Puto yuccae, and early records of either species may be based on misidentifications.

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