Valid Names Results

Acanthococcus cultellus (Hoy, 1959) (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus cultellus Hoy 1959: 14, 23. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, St. Ives, on Leptospermum squarrosum, 05/07/1956, by J.M. Hoy. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: There is also a paratype in the ANIC (Gullan, personal communication, October 27, 1998). Illustr.
• Acanthococcus cultellus (Hoy, 1959); Miller & Gimpel 1996: 600. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• PellizGe2010: pp.52 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the 7 eriococcid species known to occur on Leptospermum spp.]
• Hoy1959: pp.23 ( Adult (F) ) [Eriococcus species known to occur on Leptospermum spp. in Australia]

Remarks

• Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae elongate, apices acute, marginal setae conspicuously longer than other dorsal setae, 2 setae on lateral margin of each abdominal segment; posterior abdominal segments nodulose dorsally (Hoy, 1959).
• Structure: Female ovisac white and felted (Hoy, 1959).
• Biology: Female ovisac occurring on the stem of host plant especially in crevices of the bark. Accompanied by copious growth of sooty mold fungi (Hoy, 1959).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoy (1959).

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