Species Acanthococcus irregularis (Froggatt, 1921)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eriococcus irregularis 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 [83].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ASCT Female, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Uralla, Salisbury Court.

  Type host:

   Eucalyptus piperita

Generic Combinations

• Acanthococcus irregularis (Froggatt, 1921). —
  Miller, D.R. & Gimpel, M.E. 1996. Nomenclatural changes in the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 597-606 [601]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Gullan, P.J. & Vranjic, J.A., 1991) [26] (adult female; Australian species of Eriococcus on Eucalyptus species)

SYSTEMATICS

Slide-mounted adult female with: distinct marginal row of enlarged setae (see Gullan, P.J. & Vranjic, J.A. 1991. The taxonomy of the gum tree scales Eriococcus confusus Maskell and E. coriaceus Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae). General and Applied Entomology 23: 21–40).

BIOLOGY

Ovisacs have been found on the undersides of bark or twigs and smaller branches. Bark and foliage are usually very discoloured with fumagine and the male scales are very abundant (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).

GENERAL

Brief description without 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.

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