Catalogue Query Results
Hypogeococcus othnius Miller & McKenzieNOMENCLATURE:
Hypogeococcus othnius Miller & McKenzie, 1971: 578. Type data: VENEZUELA: intercepted at Washington, D.C., on Cattleya sp. Holotype female. Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA. Described: female. Illust.
Hypogeococcus otbnius; Granara de Willink, 1981: 64. Misspelling of species name.
COMMON NAME: strange mealybug [MillerMc1971].
HOSTS: Bromeliaceae [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Orchidaceae: Brassia [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Cattleya [MillerMc1971, BenDov1994], Epidendrum [MillerMc1971, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Laelia [MillerMc1971, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Maxillaria [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Schomburgkia undulata [MillerMc1971, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994].
DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: Mexico [MillerMc1971, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Neotropical: Belize [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Costa Rica [MillerMc1971, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Ecuador [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Guatemala [MillerMc1971, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Nicaragua [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Panama [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; Venezuela [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994].
GENERAL REMARKS: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Miller & McKenzie (1971) and by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992).
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND CONTROL: All the records, so far, are based on quarantine interceptions in the USA and England (Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992).
KEYS: Williams & Granara de Willink 1992: 203 (female) [Central and South America]; Miller 1983aDR: 191 (female) [North and Central America]; Granara de Willink 1981: 64 (female) [Americas]; Miller & McKenzie 1971: 578 (female) [North America].
CITATIONS: BenDov1994 [catalogue: 201]; MillerMc1971 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 578-580]; WilliaGr1992 [taxonomy, illustration, host, distribution: 212, 213].
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