Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Coccoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Sternorrhyncha Superfamilia: Coccoidea

Familia: Coccidae
Genus: Pulvinariella
Species: Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi

Name

• Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Vallot, 1829)
  • Authority for placement: Borchsenius, 1953

Combinations

• Coccus mesembryanthemi: original combination
• Pulvinaria mesembryanthemi

References

• Washburn, J.O.; Frankie, G.W.; Grace, J.K. 1985: Effects of density on survival, development, and fecundity of the soft scale, Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi (Homoptera: Coccidae), and its host plant. Environmental entomology, 14 (6): 755–761. abstract only seen
• Washburn, J.O.; Grace, J.K.; Frankie, G.W. 1987: Population responses of Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi and Pulvinaria delottoi (Homoptera: Coccidae) to nitrogen and water conditions of their host plant. Environmental entomology, 16 (1): 286–295. abstract full article (PDF)
• The biology and ecology of iceplant scales, Pulvinariella mesembryanthemi and Pulvinaria delottoi, in California.
• Immature stages of Encyrtus saliens (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an imported parasite of ice plant scales (Homoptera: Coccidae) in California.
• Host/parasitoid interactions and relative suitabilities of two host species for the soft scale parasitoid Encyrtus saliens.
• The Coccidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Chile, with descriptions of three new species and transfer of Lecanium resinatum Kieffer & Herbst to the Kerriida.