Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes argentinus Brethes, 1921 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes argentinus Brethes 1921: 79. Type data: ARGENTINA: Entre Rios, near Parana, on undetermined plant.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Granar1999,61). Type depository: Castelar: Departamento de Patologia Vegetal, INTA, C.C. no. 25, Castelar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina; accepted valid name
- Ceroplastidia argentina (Brethes, 1921); Granara de Willink 1999: 59. change of combination Notes: Because Ceroplastidia had been determined to be a junior synonym of Ceroplastes, this combination was disregarded.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Asteraceae
- Eupatorium | Granar1999
- Myrtaceae
- Myrcianthes pungens | Granar1999
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Argentina
- Entre Rios | Granar1999
- Neuquen | Granar1999
- Tucuman | Granar1999
Keys
- Granar1999: pp.59 ( Adult (F) ) [Argentina]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Granara de Willink (1999).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 21
- Brethe1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 79-80
- Granar1999: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 59-61
- Lizery1939: catalog, distribution, host, 192
