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Phenacoccus helianthi (Cockerell)NOMENCLATURE:
Pseudococcus helianthi Cockerell, 1893z: 352. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Dona Ana County, Las Cruces, on Helianthus. Syntypes, female. Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA. Described: female.
Phenacoccus helianthi; Cockerell, 1896b: 325. Change of combination.
COMMON NAME: sunflower mealybug [McKenz1967].
FOES: COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae: Hyperaspis undulata [Cocker1894s]. DIPTERA Cecidomyidae: Leucopis near bellula [Cocker1894s]. HYMENOPTERA Encyrtidae: Tetrastichus [Cocker1894s]. Eulophidae: Encyrtus [Cocker1894s].
HOSTS: Amaranthaceae: Celosia floribunda [Ferris1950b, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Asteraceae: Franseria dumosa [McKenz1967, BenDov1994], Gutierrezia [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994], Haplopappus [McKenz1967, BenDov1994], Helianthus [Cocker1893z, BenDov1994], Hymenoclea salsola [McKenz1967, BenDov1994], Pluchea sericea [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994], Ptiloria [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994], Stephanomeria [McKenz1967, BenDov1994]. Burseraceae: Bursera microphylla [McKenz1967, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Euphorbiaceae: Codiaeum [McKenz1967, BenDov1994], Manihot chloristica [WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]. Fabaceae: Cassia [McKenz1967, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994], Parosela spinosa [McKenz1967, BenDov1994], Prosopis [McKenz1967, BenDov1994]. Hydrophyllaceae: Phacelia [Tinsle1898a, BenDov1994]. Lamiaceae: Salvia carnosa [McKenz1967, BenDov1994]. Lecythidaceae: Bertholletia sericea [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994]. Pinaceae: Pinus ponderosa [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994]. Poaceae: Bouteloua [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994]. Polemoniaceae [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994]. Rutaceae: Citrus sinensis [McKenz1967, BenDov1994]. Solanaceae: Solanum douglasii [McKenz1967, BenDov1994]. Zygophyllaceae: Kallstroemia [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994], Larrea [McKenz1967, BenDov1994].
DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: Mexico [McKenz1967, WilliaGr1992, BenDov1994]; United States of America (Arizona [McKenz1967, BenDov1994], California [McKenz1967, BenDov1994], Colorado [McKenz1967, BenDov1994], New Mexico [Cocker1893z, BenDov1994], Texas [Ferris1950b, BenDov1994]).
BIOLOGY: Occurring on the leaves of its host plants, attended by ants. Cockerell (1894s) discusses the natural enemies of this species.
GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris(1950b), McKenzie (1967), Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and by Granara de Willink & Szumik (2007).
KEYS: Parsa et al. 2012: 8-10 (female, adult) [Key to mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) recorded on Manihot spp. (Euphorbiaceae) in the World]; Granara de Willink & Szumik 2007: 41-43 (female) [Phencoccus species of South America]; Williams & Granara de Willink 1992: 348 (female) [Central and South America]; Williams 1987c: 338 (female) [North and South America]; McKenzie 1967: 215 (female) [U.S.A., California]; McKenzie 1964: 239 (female) [North America]; McKenzie 1960: 713 (female) [North America]; McKenzie 1960: 26 (female) [North America]; Ferris 1953a: 395 (female) [North America]; Ferris 1950b: 121 (female) [North America].
CITATIONS: BenDov1994 [catalogue: 322-323]; Cocker1893z [taxonomy, description, host, distribution: 352]; Cocker1894s [biological control: 285-286]; Cocker1896b [taxonomy: 322-323]; Ferris1950b [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 148-149]; GranarSz2007 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 65,75]; McKenz1967 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 257-260]; ParsaKoWi2012 [taxonomy: 9]; Tinsle1898a [host, distribution: 47-48]; WilliaGr1992 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 365-367].
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