Valid Names Results

Nipaecoccus coffeae (Hempel, 1919) (Pseudococcidae: Nipaecoccus)

Nomenclatural History

• Eriococcus coffeae Hempel 1919: 453. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Campinas and Sao Paulo, on Coffea sp.. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation Type depository: Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name
• Nipaecoccus coffeae (Hempel, 1919); Williams & Granara de Willink 1992: 252. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WilliaGr1992: pp.241 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South America]

Remarks

• Structure: The ovipositing female can reach up to 4.0 mm long. The body is red and enclosed in a cottony secretion.
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992). Photographs in Prado, et al., 2015.

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