Valid Names Results

Miscanthicoccus miscanthi (Takahashi, 1928) (Pseudococcidae: Miscanthicoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Trionymus miscanthi Takahashi 1928: 333. Type data: TAIWAN: Taihoku, on Miscanthus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name
• Ripersia cellulosa; Takahashi 1929: 40. misidentification (discovered by Willia1970DJ, ).
• Miscanthicoccus miscanthi (Takahashi, 1928); Takahashi 1958: 6. change of combination
• Pseudantonina ostiolata Borchsenius 1958: 160. Type data: CHINA: Chekiang Province, Hangchow, on Phragmites sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Beijing: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, China; St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1998a, 158). Illustr.
• Kiritshenkella ostiolata (Borchsenius, 1958); Yang 1982: 57. change of combination
• Cannococcus ostiolata (Borchsenius, 1958); Tang 1992: 138. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LiTsWu2014: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [Mealybugs with legs on bamboo in China]
• Koszta1996: pp.139 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern Noth USA]
• Tang1992: pp.137 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic & Oriental regions]
• Koteja1988a: pp.122 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Borchs1960e: pp.932 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
• Borchs1958: pp.157 ( Adult (F) ) [China]

Remarks

• Systematics: GeneBank Accession No. AB439516 (Yokogawa & Yahara, 2009).
• Structure: Colour photography given by Kawai (1980). Adult female body elongate oval, up to 4 mm long. Antennae 6-segmented. Antennae and legs small in comparison with body. Hind coxae enlarged with numerous translucent pores; claw digitules with clavate apices. (Danzig & Gavrilov-Zimin, 2015).
• Biology: Develops three generations per year in Pennsylvania, USA (Stimmel, 1996a). Mealybugs were concealed between leaf sheaths and stems; white, powdery waxy material and small amounts of honeydew were evident within colonies. Symptoms of mealybug feeding occasionally consisted of purple or reddish streaks on stems. (Wheeler, 2013)
• Economic Importance: Stimmel (1996a) reported on the rapid spread of the species and its assuming pest status in USA, Pennsylvania.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Borchsenius (1958), Danzig (1980b), Qin (1991) and by Kosztarab (1996). Good description of the adult female given by Koteja (1988a) and by Tang (1992). The record of Ripersia cellulosa Hall by Takahashi (1929) from Taiwan on Bambusa sp. was based on a misidentification (Williams, 1970) for Miscanthicoccus miscanthi. Because there are no other bamboo host records from other countries, we have deleted Bambusa as a host.

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