Species Chorizococcus herbicola (Maskell, 1891)

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Regional Maps

• Dactylopius herbicola Maskell, W.M. 1891. Description of a new scale insect infesting grass. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 2: 352-353 [352].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NZAC 1 adult ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Mulgoa, near Penrith.

  Type host:

   Aristida vegans [POACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [75] (female; Australia); (Brookes, H.M., 1976) [421] (female; Australia)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Brookes, H.M. 1970. Chorizococcus herbicola (Maskell) (comb. n.): (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) a grass-infesting species in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 9: 53–56. Good description of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp..

General References

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [107] (Dactylopius nubicola: misspelling of species name; Pseudococcus nubicola: misspelling of species name)

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