Species Eremococcus turbinatus (Froggatt, 1921)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphaerococcus turbinatus Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Part III. Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 19: 1-43 [19].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC, AUSTRALIA: Tasmania, Launceston.

  Type host:

   Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] ("may be incorrectly identified … and probably is a species of Leptospermum")

Generic Combinations

• Eremococcus turbinata (Froggatt, 1921). —
  Miller, D.R., Gullan, P.J. & Williams, D.J. 1998. Family placement of species previously included in the scale insect genus Sphaerococcus Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100: 286-305 [302]

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Gall-inducer, sap-sucker (associated flora: Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree (probably Leptospermum)).

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