Species Icerya acaciae (Morrison & Morrison, 1923)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Auloicerya acaciae Morrison, H. & Morrison, E.R. 1923. The scale insects of the sub-families Monophlebinae and Margarodinae treated by Maskell. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 62: 1-47 [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25272 ♀, Western Australia, Swan River.

  Type host:

   Acacia huegelii Benth. [MIMOSACEAE]

Generic Combinations

• Icerya acaciae (Morrison & Morrison, 1923).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia spp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Acacia huegelii Benth. [FABACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

A biparental species, univoltine in ACT, but may be bivoltine in warmer parts of Australia; uses many different species of Acacia as hosts.

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