Valid Names Results
Puto echinatus McKenzie, 1961 (Putoidae: Puto)Nomenclatural History
- Puto echinatus McKenzie 1961: 35. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Los Angeles County, Malibu, on Batis sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sacramento: California State Collection of Arthropods, California Dept. Food & Agriculture, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- fluffy mealybug McKenz1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 7 | Genera: 9
- Aizoaceae
- Mesembryanthemum | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Amaranthaceae
- Atriplex semibaccata | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Chenopodium | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Salsola kali | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Asteraceae
- Asteraceae | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Bataceae
- Batis | BenDov1994 McKenz1961
- Nyctaginaceae
- Abronia umbellata | BenDov1994 McKenz1967 WilliaGr1992
- Onagraceae
- Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia | BenDov1994 McKenz1967 | (= Oenothera cheiranthifolia)
- Zygophyllaceae
- Tribulus terrestris | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico | BenDov1994 McKenz1967 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- California | BenDov1994 McKenz1961
Keys
- ZhengLiTa2025: pp.135 ( Adult (M) ) [Known adult males of Puto (revised from Powell & Miller 2024)]
- PowellMi2024: pp.303-304 ( Adult (F) ) [New World Puto species]
- PowellMi2024: pp.304-305 ( Adult (M) ) [Puto species]
- WilliaGr1992: pp.468 ( Adult (F) ) [Central and South Africa]
- McKenz1967: pp.328 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A., California]
- McKenz1961: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Biology: Occurring mainly on the crown and roots of the host plant, frequently found on the lower leaves near the ground.
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by McKenzie (1961, 1967) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 422
- McKenz1961: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 35-37
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 347-350
- PowellMi2024: key, 303-304
- VonEll2025: distribution, 35
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 477-479
