Species Acanthococcus villosus (Froggatt, 1916)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eriococcus villosa Froggatt, W.W. 1916. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [in part]). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 27: 425-430, 568-577, 809-816, 883-888 [577].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ASCT Female, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, near Grafton, Clarence River.

  Type host:

   Busaria spinosa

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus villosus (Froggatt, 1916). —
  Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 1996. Nomenclatural changes in the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 597-606 [605]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1–159.

SYSTEMATICS

Eriococcus villosus Ferris is a junior primary homonym of E. villosus Froggatt. The former is now known as E. dubius (see Miller, D.R. & Miller, G.L. 1992. Systematic analysis of Acanthococcus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) in the western United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 118(1): 1–106).

STRUCTURE

Sac is elongate oval, closely felted. Adult female is dull yellowish brown, broadly rounded (see Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. (Part II [Concl.]). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 18: 1–159.

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