Valid Names Results
Targionia yuccarum (Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Targionia)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus yuccarum Cockerell 1898m: 25. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Mesilla park, a short distance east of the Agricultural College, at bases of leaves of Yucca elata; collected May 1898.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Aspidiotus (Targionia) yuccarum Cockerell, 1898; Cockerell 1899a: 395. change of combination
- Hemiberlesia yuccarum (Cockerell, 1898); Leonardi 1900: 339. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus (Melanaspis) tonilensis Cockrell 1902t: 470. Type data: MEXICO: Jalisco, Tonila, on stalk, branches and root of a low bush of the sage family.. 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 Ferris1943a, 87).
- Targionia yuccarum (Cockerell, 1898); Fernald 1903b: 299. change of combination
- Targionia covilleae (Cockrell, 1902); Ferris 1919a: 68. change of combination
- Chrysomphalus covilleae Ferris 1919a: 66. Type data: U.S.A.: Arizona, east of Phoenix, Mormon Flat, on Covillea glutinosa.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1920a, 64). Illustr.
- Targaspidiotus yuccarum (Cockerell, 1898); MacGillivray 1921: 447. change of combination
- Targionia tonilensis (Cockrell, 1902); McKenzie 1939: 55. change of combination
- Targionia yuccarum (Cockerell, 1898); Ferris 1942: 446-40. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 14
- Amaranthaceae
- Atriplex | Ferris1921
- Asparagaceae
- Dasylirion | Ferris1943a
- Dasylirion wheeleri | Ferris1938a
- Nolina | Ferris1938a
- Yucca elata | Cocker1898m Leonar1900
- Asteraceae
- Baccharis | Ferris1938a
- Gutierrezia | Ferris1938a
- Gymnolomia | Ferris1943a
- Isocoma | Ferris1943a | (= Bigelovia)
- Isocoma pluriflora | Ferris1938a Ferris1938a | (= Isocoma heterophylla) (= Bigelovia wrightii)
- Lorandersonia pulchella | McDani1970 | (= Chrysothamnus pulchellus)
- Viguiera stenoloba | Ferris1938a | (= Gymnolomia tenuifolia)
- Onagraceae
- Oenothera serrulata | Ferris1938a | (= Meriolix serrulata)
- Polemoniaceae
- Gilia | Ferris1938a McDani1970
- Rhamnaceae
- Ziziphus | Ferris1943a
- Ziziphus obtusifolia | Ferris1938a McDani1970 | (= Ziziphus lycioides)
- Zygophyllaceae
- Larrea tridentata | Ferris1919a | (= Covillea glutinosa)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico
- Baja California Norte | Ferris1921 Leonar1900
- Colima | Ferris1938a
- Jalisco | Cocker1902t
- United States
- Arizona | Ferris1919a
- New Mexico | Cocker1898m
- Texas | Ferris1938a McDani1970
Keys
- Ferris1943a: pp.94 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Ferris1942: pp.40 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Cocker1905b: pp.201 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Colorado]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female circular or suboval, about 2.75 mm in diameter; slightly convex; dark brown; rough and concentrically wrinkled; blackish towards the middle; but the central part, covering the exuviae, covered by a large round patch of white secretion; when this is rubbed off, the exuviae are exposed, shining black subcentral; there is a thick ventral scale thick; young female scales appear entirely white, or, when rubbed, white with a black spot. Male scale elongate, brown, with the exuvia at one end covered by white secretion (Cockerell, 1898m).
- Biology: Occurring on the stems or frequently on the roots of the host (Ferris, 1938a).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1919a, 1938a).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 810-811
- Borchs1952: taxonomy, 263
- Borchs1966: catalog, 251-252
- Cocker1898m: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 25-26
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 395
- Cocker1902t: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 470-471
- Cocker1905b: taxonomy, 201
- CockerPa1899: taxonomy, 278,279
- Fernal1903b: 294,299
- Ferris1919a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 66
- Ferris1920a: taxonomy, 64
- Ferris1921: distribution, host, 132
- Ferris1921b: taxonomy, 94
- Ferris1937c: taxonomy, 52,56,100
- Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 268
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 49
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:40
- Ferris1943a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85,86,93-94,105
- Leonar1900: distribution, host, taxonomy, 339
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 447
- McDani1970: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 439-440
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 55
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 84
- PorcelPeMa2012: structure, 320
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 235
