Species Ferrisia malvastra (McDaniel, 1962)

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• Heliococcus malvastrus McDaniel, B. 1962. A new species of scale insect from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas (Pseudococcidae, Coccoidea). Texas Journal of Science 14: 323-327 [323].
• Ferrisia consobrina Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 2: The mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 260 pp. [77].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Williams, D.J. 1996. A synoptic account of the mealybug genus Ferrisia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 132: 1-10 [5] (synonymy of Ferrisia consobrina Williams & Watson, 1988)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1996) [3] (female; world); (Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1988) [77] (female; tropical South Pacific region); (McKenzie, H.L., 1964) [233] (female; North America)

STRUCTURE

Colour photograph given by Friedberg et al. (1989).

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. (as Ferrisia consobrina) and by Williams, D.J. & Granara de Willink, M.C. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. London, England : CAB International Institute of Entomology 635 pp. (as Ferrisia consobrina). Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. suggested that Heliococcus malvastrus McDaniel, synonymized with F. virgata by McKenzie, H.L. 1967. Mealybugs of California with taxonomy, biology, and control of North American species (Homoptera: Cooccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Berkeley : Univ. Calif. Press 526 pp., may prove to be F. consobrina. Ben-Dov, Y. 1991. On some described and a new species of Middle-Eastern mealybugs (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 24: 5–15 indicated that this species was previously misindentified in Israel as F. virgata.

General References

Ben-Dov, Y. 1980. Observations on scale insects (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the Middle East. Bulletin of Entomological Research 70: 261-271 [268] (Ferrisia virgata: misidentification)

Ben-Dov, Y. 1994. A Systematic Catalogue of the Mealybugs of the World (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae and Putoidae) with Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology and Economic Importance. Andover, UK : Intercept Limited 686 pp. [162] (Ferrisia consobrina: misidentification)

Freidberg, A., Susman, I. & Kaplan, F. 1989. Cotton Insects of Israel. The Cotton Production & Marketing Board, Israel. 128 pp. [31] (Ferrisa virgata: misidentification; misspelling of genus name)

Kaydan, M.B. & Gullan, P.J. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), with descriptions of eight new species and a new genus. Zootaxa 3543: 1–65 [32]

McKenzie, H.L. 1967. Mealybugs of California with taxonomy, biology, and control of North American species (Homoptera: Cooccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Berkeley : Univ. Calif. Press 526 pp. [181] (Heliococcus malvastrus: incorrect synonymy)

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