Valid Names Results

Bombacoccus aguacatae Kondo, 2010 (Coccidae: Bombacoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Bombacoccus aguacatae Kondo 2010a: 41. Type data: COLOMBIA: Caldas, Anserma, vereda Palo Blanco, Finca Yarumalito, 05 14' 36.5"N, 75 45' 46.2"W, on Persea americana, 1910 meters asl, collected T. Kondo, 2.iv.2009.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• Cottony avocado scale Kondo2010a
• Escama blanda algodonosa del aguacatae Kondo2010a
• uvita Kondo2022e

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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Remarks

• Structure: Body of young adult female covered with white cottony wax and with a broad marginal fringe of cottony wax. Older specimens large, 4.2–10.0 mm long, covered with a powdery white wax or devoid of wax. Insect body after removal of wax, yellow green to greenish brown in younger specimens, older specimens becoming dark brown. Not producing an ovisac. Slide-mounted adult female body oval to elongate oval, 4.2–10.0 mm long, 3.8–8.2 mm wide, anal cleft about 1/4 of body length. Dorsal derm membranous, becoming sclerotized in old specimens. Eyespots not detected. Dorsum with setae sharply spinose, straight or slightly bent, abundant on mid-dorsum anterior to anal plates, scattered elsewhere. (Kondo, 2022e)
• Economic Importance: Kondo (2010a) noted that this soft scale was collected on the varieties Booth 8 and Hass of avocado.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Kondo (2010a).

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