Species Rhizoecus cobelopus Williams, 1987
- Rhizoecus cobelopus Williams, D.J. 1987. Rhizoecus (Insecta: Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) from Australia with a description of a new species damaging garden plants in Victoria. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 48: 191-194 [192].
Type data:
Holotype NMV T-8908 ♀ (on roots of various garden plants; collected 22 May 1985), Victoria, Nunawading, 20km E.of Melbourne.
Paratype(s) NMV T-8909 - T-8913 5 ♀, same data as Holotype; NMV T-8914-T-8917 4 ♀ (collected 1 Jan 1985), same data as Holotype; BMNH no register number given 4 ♀ (collected 1 Jan 1985), same data as Holotype.
Distribution
States
Victoria
IBRA
Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
ID Keys
(Williams, D.J., 1987) [192] (female; Australia)
BIOLOGY
Occurring on the roots of its host plants.
GENERAL
Good description and illustration of the adult female female given by Williams, D.J. 1987. Rhizoecus (Insecta: Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) from Australia with a description of a new species damaging garden plants in Victoria. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 48: 191–194.
ECONOMIC AND CONTROL
Recorded as damaging the root systems of its host plants (see Williams, D.J. 1987. Rhizoecus (Insecta: Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) from Australia with a description of a new species damaging garden plants in Victoria. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 48: 191–194).
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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20-Jun-2022 | COCCOIDEA | 20-Jun-2022 | MOVED | |
21-Nov-2012 | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
29-Jun-2012 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |