Valid Names Results
Pulvinaria cacao Williams & Watson, 1990 (Coccidae: Pulvinaria)Nomenclatural History
- Pulvinaria cacao Williams & Watson 1990: 148. Type data: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Northern Province, Arehe, on Theobroma cacao.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Malvaceae
- Theobroma cacao | WilliaWa1990
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya | Gavril2013
- Papua New Guinea | WilliaWa1990
Keys
- WilliaWa1990: pp.148 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific]
Remarks
- General Remarks: Good description of the adult female by Williams & Watson (1957).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1993: catalog, 252
- Gavril2013: distribution, 82
- WilliaWa1990: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 147-149
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 160