Valid Names Results
Virgulicoccus americanus (Leonardi, 1911) (Lecanodiaspididae: Virgulicoccus)Nomenclatural History
- Birchippia americana Leonardi 1911: 246. Type data: ARGENTINA: Cacheuta, on Larrea divaricata and on Larrea cuneata.. Syntypes, unknown, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name Notes: Illustr.
- Lecanodiaspis americana (Leonardi, 1911); Lindinger 1931a: 44,90. change of combination Notes:
- Virgulicoccus americanus (Leonardi, 1911); Lambdin & Kosztarab 1973: 91. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Caricaceae
- Jarilla | LambdiKo1973
- Zygophyllaceae
- Larrea cuneifolia | LambdiKo1973 Leonar1911 Lizery1939
- Larrea divaricata | HowellKo1972 LambdiKo1973 Leonar1911 Morris1919
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Argentina
- Cordoba | LambdiKo1973
- Mendoza | LambdiKo1973 Leonar1911 Morris1919
- San Juan | LambdiKo1973
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island | HowellKo1972
Keys
Remarks
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lambdin & Kosztarab (1973).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov2006b: catalog, taxonomy, 351
- Chiesa1942: distribution, host, 204
- HowellKo1972: distribution, host, taxonomy, 217-218
- LambdiKo1973: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 91-96
- Leonar1911: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 246-248
- Lindin1931a: taxonomy, 44, 90
- Lizery1939: catalog, distribution, host, 178
- Morris1919: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 67-68
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 240
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 240
