Valid Names Results
Puto cupressi (Coleman, 1908) (Putoidae: Puto)Nomenclatural History
- Pseudococcus sequoiae; Coleman 1901: 412. misidentification (discovered by Ferris1918d, 63). Notes: Ferris (1918d:63) and Ferris (1950b:203) indicated that the male only of Pseudococcus sequoiae Coleman, 1901 belong to Puto cupressi (Coleman).
- Pseudococcus cupressi Coleman 1908: 197. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Pacific Grove, on Cupressus macrocarpa. Syntypes, both sexes, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name
- Puto cupressi (Coleman, 1908); Ferris 1918d: 63. change of combination
Common Names
- California nutmeg mealybug McKenz1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 7
- Cupressaceae
- Cupressus macrocarpa | BenDov1994 Colema1908 Essig1909a
- Sequoia sempervirens | BenDov1994 Ferris1918d
- Pinaceae
- Abies concolor | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Picea engelmannii | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Pinus albicaulis | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Pinus ponderosa | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- Pinus radiata | BenDov1994 Ferris1918d
- Pinus torreyana | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Pseudotsuga menziesii | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b | (= Pseudotsuga taxifolia)
- Taxaceae
- Torreya californica | BenDov1994 Ferris1918d
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Canada
- Alberta | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 Colema1901 Colema1908 Essig1909a
- Utah | BenDov1994 Ferris1950b
Keys
- PowellMi2024: pp.303-304 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Puto species]
- PowellMi2024: pp.304-305 ( Adult (M) ) [Puto species]
- McKenz1967: pp.328 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California ]
- McKenz1961: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McKenz1960: pp.731 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1950b: pp.191 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Biology: Living in clusters at the base of cypress cones.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1950b) and by McKenzie (1967). Ferris (1918b) noted that the syntypes male of Dactylopius sequoiae Coleman (now Spilococcus sequoiae) are P. cupressi.
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 422
- Colema1901: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 412
- Colema1908: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 197
- Essig1909a: distribution, host, 38
- Ferris1918d: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 63-64
- Ferris1950b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 203-205
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 343-345
- PowellMi2024: key, 303
- PowellMi2024: key, 305
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 251
- WilliaBe2015: taxonomy, 164
