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Cucullococcus vaccinii FerrisNOMENCLATURE:
Cucullococcus vaccinii Ferris, 1941b: 25. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Siskiyou County, on Vaccinium mebranaceum. Holotype female. Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA. Described: female. Illust.
COMMON NAME: bilberry mealybug [McKenz1967].
HOSTS: Ericaceae: Vaccinium mebranaceum [Ferris1941b, McKenz1967, BenDov1994], Vaccinium parvifolium [Ferris1941b, McKenz1967, BenDov1994].
DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: United States of America (California [Ferris1941b, McKenz1967, BenDov1994]).
BIOLOGY: Occurring on the small twigs of its host plant.
GENERAL REMARKS: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1941, 1953a) and by McKenzie (1967).
KEYS: McKenzie 1967: 134 (female) [U.S.A., California].
CITATIONS: BenDov1994 [catalogue: 110]; Ferris1941 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 25-28]; Ferris1953a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 312-313]; McKenz1967 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 134, 135].
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