Valid Names Results

Pityococcus ferrisi McKenzie, 1942 (Pityococcidae: Pityococcus)

Nomenclatural History

• Pityococcus ferrisi McKenzie 1942: 4. Type data: USA: California, Mariposa County, Miami, on Pinus lambertiana; paratype from Mariposa County, near Tenaya Lake, on Pinus monticola.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• Ferris' pine scale Gill1993

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• McKenz1942: pp.10 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Pityococcus]

Remarks

• Biology: In California on Pinus lambertiana occurs under the bark scales of the trunk of saplings; on other hosts occurs either under bark scales or in cracks of the trunk and twigs (McKenzie, 1942).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female and nymphs by McKenzie (1942) and by Gill (1993).

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