Pseudococcus calceolariae

Pseudococcus calceolariae^[1] is a species of mealybug broadly similar to other species of Pseudococcus.^[2]

Pseudococcus calceolariae
Pseudococcus calceolariae Illustration by Douglas Williams
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Family:	Pseudococcidae
Genus:	Pseudococcus
Species:	P. calceolariae
Binomial name
Pseudococcus calceolariae Maskell (1879)

Description

The body outline of the female is elongate-oval to oval, and all stages are covered with a rather coarse, powdery, white wax.

Range

It has been found on every continent except Antarctica.^[3]

Hosts

Pseudococcus calceolariae has been found on as many as 46 families and 89 genera of plants.^[3]

Synonyms

Source:^[3]

• Dactylopius calceolariae (Maskell, 1879); accepted valid name
• Dactylopius similans (Lidgett, 1898); junior synonym
• Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell, 1879); Fernald 1903b: 98. change of combination
• Pseudococcus similans (Lidgett, 1898); Fernald 1903b: 109. change of combination
• Pseudococcus fragilis (Brainm, 1912); junior synonym.
• Pseudococcus citrophilus (Clausen, 1915); junior synonym.
• Pseudococcus gahani Green 1915a: 179. junior synonym.
• Erium calceolariae (Maskell, 1879); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination