Species Eriococcus busariae Froggatt, 1916

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• Eriococcus busariae 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 [427] [the correct spelling of the host genus is Bursaria, but Froggatt misspelled it as Busaria and formed the species epithet to coincide. Hoy did not catch this error and misspelled Froggatt's form of the name. The correct spelling of the species epithet is busariae even though it is incorrectly formed].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ASCT Female, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, "Nimitybelle" (Nimitybelle).

  Type host:

   Bursaria spinosa

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Brief description by 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.

SYSTEMATICS

According to Gullan (personal communication, 1996) this species has large-sized ducts typical of Eriococcus buxi.

STRUCTURE

Adult female is ochreous yellow and broadly oval (see 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).

General References

Hoy, J.M. 1963. A catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the world. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 150: 1-260 [76] (Eriococcus bursariae: misspelling of species name)

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