Valid Names Results
Greenisca oreophila Pellizzari & Kozár, 2011 (Eriococcidae: Greenisca)Nomenclatural History
- Greenisca oreophila Pellizzari & Kozár 2011: 59. Type data: ITALY: Lamon, (Belluno district), 600 m asl, on oaceae leaves, 8/26/1989, by G. Pellizzari. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Padova: Dipartimento Agronomia Ambientale Produzioni Vegetali - Entomologia, Italy; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes, 5 adult females, slides n. 199/2-6, same data as holotype Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Poaceae
- Brachypodium | PellizKo2011
- Poaceae | PellizKo2011
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Italy | PellizKo2011
- Switzerland | KozarKaKo2013
Keys
- KozarKaKo2013: pp.280 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Greenisca]
- PellizKo2011: pp.60 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult female Greenisca]
Remarks
- Systematics: Greenisca oreophila is similar to G. gouxi Balachowsky, having sclerotized quinquelocular pores not grouped on dorsum and is similar to G. placida (Green) in having spine-like setae on margin of head, but G. oreophila differs from both in having marginal spine-like setae on the abdomen and three spine-like setae on each anal lobe. (Pellizzari & Kozár, 2011)
- Structure: Body enclosed in a felted, whitish egg sac. (Pellizzari & Kozár, 2011).
- Biology: Adult females collected from July, August. On leaves of grass. (Kozár, et al., 2013)
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Pelliazzari & Kozár, 2011.
Illustrations
Citations
- KozarKaKo2013: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 290-292
- PellizKo2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 59-60
