Valid Names Results
Ripersiella kelloggi Ehrhorn & Cockerell in Cockerell, 1901 (Rhizoecidae: Ripersiella)Nomenclatural History
- Ripersiella kelloggi Ehrhorn & Cockerell in Cockerell 1901j: 166. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Santa Clara County, near Mountain View, on 'bunch grass'. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Budapest: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Zoological Department, Hungary; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Radicoccus kelloggi (Ehrhorn & Cockerell in Cockerell, 1901); Hambleton 1946: 50. change of combination
- Ripersiella kelloggi Ehrhorn & Cockerell in Cockerell, 1901; Kozár & Konczné Benedicty 2003: 236. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- Kellogg mealybug McKenz1967
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 7
- Asteraceae
- Baccharis | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- Gutierrezia | Koszta1996
- Cactaceae
- Opuntia | Koszta1996
- Ericaceae
- Vaccinium | Koszta1996
- Poaceae
- Ammophila breviligulata | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Koszta1996
- Festuca ovina | BenDov1994 McKenz1967
- Stipa | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico | BenDov1994 WilliaGr1992
- United States
- Arizona | Koszta1996
- California | BenDov1994 Cocker1901j Koszta1996
- Colorado | Koszta1996
- Connecticut | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Koszta1996
- Florida | Koszta1996
- Montana | Koszta1996
- New Jersey | BenDov1994 Ferris1953a Koszta1996
- New York | Koszta1996
- Oklahoma | Koszta1996
- South Dakota | Koszta1996
- Texas | Koszta1996
- Washington | Koszta1996
Keys
- SchneiLa2022: pp.25-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Ripersiella lacking bitubular cerores]
- SzitaKoKo2020: pp.579 ( Adult (F) ) [Neotropical Ripersiella]
- KozarKo2007: pp.386-390 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
- KozarKo2004: pp.325-328 ( Adult (F) ) [Ripersiella species of the world]
- Koszta1996: pp.192 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North USA]
- Hamble1946: pp.47 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Biology: Living on grass roots.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1953a), McKenzie (1967), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1994: catalog, 434
- Cocker1901j: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 166
- Ferris1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 424-425
- Hamble1946: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 50
- Koszta1996: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 192, 193
- KozarKo2003: taxonomy, 2003
- KozarKo2007: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 478-480
- McKenz1967: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 368-370
- SchneiLa2022: key, 25
- SzitaKoKo2020: key, 579
- VonEll2025: distribution, 36
- WilliaGr1992: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 492-494
