Pseudococcus calceolariae
{{Short description|Species of true bug}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Pseudococcus calceolariaedw 01.jpg
| image_caption = Pseudococcus calceolariae Illustration by Douglas Williams
| genus = Pseudococcus
| species = calceolariae
| authority = Maskell (1879)
}}
Pseudococcus calceolariae{{cite web |title=Pseudococcus calceolariae (Citrophilus Mealybug) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/450524-Pseudococcus-calceolariae |access-date=September 17, 2024|website=iNaturalist |language=en-US}} is a species of mealybug broadly similar to other species of Pseudococcus.{{Cite web|url=https://idtools.org/tools/1044/index.cfm?packageID=1113&entityID=3457|title=Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell) | Scale Insects|website=idtools.org|access-date=September 17, 2024}}
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.{{Cite web |url=https://scalenet.info/catalogue/Pseudococcus%20calceolariae/ |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=scalenet.info|title=Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell, 1879)}}
Hosts
Synonyms
- 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