Species Pseudococcus dendrobiorum Williams, 1985

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• Pseudococcus dendrobiorum Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. [301].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♀, Rockhampton, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♀ (same data as holotype).

  Type host:

   Dendrobium bigibbum [ORCHIDACEAE]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W., 1988) [173] (female; tropical South Pacific region); (Williams, D.J., 1985) [280] (female; Australia)

ECONOMIC AND CONTROL

The records from Papua New Guinea and Indonesia are based on specimens intercepted in quarantine in the U.S.A. and England.

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams, D.J. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. London : British Museum (Natural History) 431 pp. and 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..

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D., Ingram, R.J. & Floyd, R. 2002. Australian Insect Common Names, based on CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. 6th edn 1993. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/. (Dendrobium Mealybug)

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