Species Nipaecoccus aurilanatus (Maskell, 1890)

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• Dactylopius aurilanatus Maskell, W.M. 1890. Further notes on Coccidae, with descriptions of new species from Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 133-156 [dated 1889] [151].

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [229] (female; Australia); (McKenzie, H.L., 1967) [206] (female; U.S.A., California); (Ferris, G.F., 1953) [388] (female; North America); (Ferris, G.F., 1950) [103] (female; North America)

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris, G.F. 1950. Atlas of the Scale Insects of North America. (Ser. 5, vol. 5). The Pseudococcidae (Part I). Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press 278 pp., 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. and by Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp..

BIOLOGY

Occurring on the small branches and young stems of its host plants.

SYSTEMATICS

Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. designated the lectotype from two original slides of Maskell, W.M. 1890. Further notes on Coccidae, with descriptions of new species from Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 133–156 [dated 1889], but Cox, J.M. 1987. Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Hemiptera). In, Duval, C.T. (ed). Fauna of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand : DSIR Science Information Publishing Centre Vol. 11 229 pp. disputed the adequacy of this specimen for this designation.

STRUCTURE

Colour photograph given 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..

ECONOMIC AND CONTROL

A fairly common pest in species of Araucaria in southern California (see Brown, L.R. & Eads, C.O. 1967. Insects affecting ornamental conifers in southern California. Bulletin of the California Agricultural Experiment Station 834: 1–72).

Common Name References

Essig, E.O. 1915. Injurious and beneficial insects of California. California State Printing Office. 2nd edn. 541 pp. (Cited also by , and ) (Golden Mealybug)

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