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Acanthococcus crofti (Froggatt, 1916) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Eriococcus crofti Froggatt 1916: 430. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, near Uralla, Salisbury Court, on Eucalyptus piperita. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Type depository information provided by Gullan (personal communication, June 10, 1996). Illustr.
Acanthococcus crofti (Froggatt, 1916); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

GullanVr1991: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [Australian species of Eriococcus on Eucalyptus]

Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: distinct marginal row of enlarged setae (Gullan & Vranjic, 1991).
Structure: Adult female pear-shaped and reddish brown in color. Sacs are formed half buried in the cracks of the bark, are irregular in form and brown in color (Froggatt, 1916).
Economic Importance: Adult infestation causes bark to crack, flake and become greasy looking and blackened (Froggatt, 1916).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Froggatt (1916 and also 1921a).

Frogga1916: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 430
Frogga1921a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 76-78
GullanVr1991: distribution, host, taxonomy, 26
Hoy1963: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 83
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 20
Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 98
MillerGi1996: taxonomy, 600
MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 180
Pierce1917: distribution, economic importance, host, 99