Valid Names Results
Ehrhornia cupressi (Ehrhorn, 1911) (Pseudococcidae: Ehrhornia)Nomenclatural History
- Sphaerococcus cupressi Ehrhorn 1911: 277. Type data: U.S.A. California, Santa Clara County, San Jose, on Cupressus macrocarpa. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name
- Ehrhornia cupressi (Ehrhorn, 1911); Ferris 1918b: 326. change of combination
Common Names
- cottony cypress scale BrownEa1967 Essig1926
- cypress bark mealybug BrownEa1967 McKenz1967
- cypress bark scale BrownEa1967 Ferris1953
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Cupressaceae
- Calocedrus decurrens | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Herber1920 | (= Libocedrus decurrens)
- Cupressus arizonica | Herber1920
- Cupressus guadalupensis | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Herber1920 WilliaGr1992
- Cupressus macrocarpa | BenDov1994 BrownEa1967 Ehrhor1911
- Juniperus arizonica | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Juniperus californica | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Guadeloupe | Herber1920 McKenz1967
- Mexico | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 BrownEa1967 Ehrhor1911 Herber1920
- Nevada | Herber1920
- Oregon | Herber1920 McKenz1967
Keys
Remarks
- Biology: Life history, habits and phenology described by Herbert (1920). Develops one annual generation in California. Living under the dry bark and in crevices on the trunks of its host-plants.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Herbert (1920), Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 147
- BrownEa1967: control, distribution, economic importance, host, 13
- CookGu2004: taxonomy, 444
- DreistClFl1994: control, description, economic importance, life history, taxonomy,
- Ehrhor1911: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 277, 278
- Ferris1918b: taxonomy, 326
- Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 346-347
- FerrisMu1936: structure, taxonomy, 115
- GwiazdVaDe2006: phylogenetics, 16
- Herber1920: biological control, chemical control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 1-22
- JohnsoLy1988: illustration,
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 176-178
- MillerGuWi1998: taxonomy, 290
- Sassce1912: distribution, host, taxonomy, 85
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 246, 248
- WilliaGr1992: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 173-174
