Valid Names Results
Acanthococcus mesotrichus Miller & Miller, 1993 (Eriococcidae: Acanthococcus)Nomenclatural History
- Acanthococcus mesotrichus Miller & Miller 1993: 48-51. Type data: UNITED STATES: Florida, at the Clewiston Airport, 10/12/1970, by S. Nakahara. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Eriococcus mesotrichus (Miller & Miller, 1993); Miller & Gimpel 1999: 214. change of combination
- Acanthococcus mesotrichus Miller & Miller, 1993; Miller & Stocks 2022: 5. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- middle seta eriococcin MillerMi1993
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 5 | Genera: 14
- Asteraceae
- Aster | MillerMi1993
- Erechtites hieracifolia | MillerMi1993
- Eupatorium | MillerMi1993
- Helenium amarum | MillerMi1993
- Hieracium | MillerMi1993
- Pluchea | MillerMi1993
- Pluchea foetida | MillerMi1993 | (= Pluchea imbricata)
- Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium | MillerMi1993 | (= Gnaphalium obtusifolium)
- Pterocaulon pycnostachyum | MillerMi1993
- Solidago | MillerMi1993
- Lamiaceae
- Piloblephis rigida | MillerMi1993 | (= Satureja rigida)
- Salvia | MillerMi1993
- Poaceae
- Aristida | MillerMi1993
- Tetrachondraceae
- Polypremum procumbens | MillerMi1993
- Verbenaceae
- Lantana | MillerMi1993
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Florida | MillerMi1993
- Georgia | MillerMi1993
- Louisiana | MillerMi1993
- Maryland | MillerMi1993
- South Carolina | MillerMi1993
Keys
- Koszta1996: pp.228 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of Northeastern North America] Key as: Acanthococcus mesotrichus
- MillerMi1993: pp.8 ( Adult (F) ) [Acanthococcus species of the Eastern United States] Key as: Acanthococcus mesotrichus
Remarks
- Systematics: Slide-mounted adult female with: large-sized enlarged setae conical, sides slightly concave, apices rounded, small size cylindrical, larger size scattered over surface except in mediolateral area, smaller size in mediolateral area, 3-6 setae in lateral cluster near margin of each abdominal segment; microtubular ducts short, with 2 sclerotized areas (Miller & Miller, 1993).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Miller & Miller (1993).
Illustrations
Citations
- Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 228, 245, 247-248
- Kozar2009: distribution, taxonomy, 100
- Miller2005: distribution, 491
- MillerGi1999: taxonomy, 214
- MillerGi2000: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 265-266
- MillerMi1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 8, 48-51
- PooleGe1997: distribution, 354
