Valid Names Results

Puto bryanthi Ferris, 1950 (Putoidae: Puto)

Nomenclatural History

Puto bryanthi Ferris 1950b: 199. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Tulare County, near Mineral King, on Bryanthus [= Phyllodoce] breweri. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

bryanthus mealybug McKenz1967

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Ericaceae

Phyllodoce breweri | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

United States

California | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
South Dakota | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
Wyoming | BenDov1994 McKenz1967

Keys

PowellMi2024: pp.303-304 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Puto species]
McKenz1967: pp.328 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
McKenz1961: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
McKenz1960: pp.731 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Ferris1950b: pp.192 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

Biology: Occurring on the stems, well down in the plant.
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b) and by McKenzie (1967).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDov1994: catalog, 420
Ferris1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 199-200
McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 339-340
PowellMi2024: key, 303