Valid Names Results

Maconellicoccus australiensis (Green & Lidgett in Green, 1900) (Pseudococcidae: Maconellicoccus)

Dactylopius australiensis Green & Lidgett in Green 1900d: 13. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, on Acacia decurrens. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Brooke1972,129). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Pseudococcus australiensis (Green & Lidgett in Green, 1900); Fernald 1903b: 98. change of combination
Dactylopius candidus Froggatt 1916: 883. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, on Acacia decurrens. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Willia1985,191). Type depository: Canberra: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Entomology, Australia; junior synonym (discovered by Willia1985, 191).
Eurycoccus australiensis (Green & Lidgett in Green, 1900); Brookes 1972: 129. change of combination
Maconellicoccus australiensis (Green & Lidgett in Green, 1900); Williams 1985: 191. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Economic Importance: This species may cause severe damage to terminal shoots of cultivated Acacia spp. (Brookes,1972) and may kill the trees (Green, 1900b).
General Remarks: Dscription and illustration of the adult female by Brookes (1972) and by Williams (1985).