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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Pityococcidae » Pityococcus » Pityococcus rugulosus

Species Pityococcus rugulosus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Pityococcus rugulosus, preserved adult female, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus - female Second stage quiescent larva, more developed - Pityococcus rugulosus Second stage quiescent larva, more developed, ventral - Pityococcus rugulosus Early male pupa, Specimen 2, glycerin treated, lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Adult male, Specimen 1 dorsal right wing - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Adult male, Specimen 3 dorsal - Pityococcus rugulosus - male Quiescent adult female on needle, Specimen 1, lateral - Pityococcus rugulosus - female Nesting females in host caterpillar Web 2, whole web - Pityococcus rugulosus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)
Family Pityococcidae
Genus Pityococcus
Species rugulosus (Pityococcus rugulosus)
Explanation of Names
Pityococcus rugulosus McKenzie 1942
Range
sw. US (AZ-NM)(1)(BG data)
Food
host: Pinus edulis(1)
Life Cycle
Works Cited
1.ScaleNet
Contributed by v belov on 12 April, 2014 - 12:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 1 September, 2016 - 7:56am

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