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United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs , USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
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Image Number: 5122071

Mexican mealybug (Phenacoccus gossypii Townsend & Cockerell, 1898) Townsend & Cockerell, 1898

Photographer:
United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs
Organization:
USDA Agricultural Research Service
Descriptor:
Adult(s)
Description:
Collector: H.L.McKenzie Date of photograph or collection: 09/07/1961
Image type:
Laboratory
Host:
brittlebush (Encelia farinosa Gray ex Torr.)

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Image location:
, Davis

Subject

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Pseudococcidae
Genus: Phenacoccus
Subject: Phenacoccus gossypii Townsend & Cockerell, 1898

Host

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Encelia
Subject: Encelia farinosa Gray ex Torr.
Node Affiliation:
Bugwood - UGA
Image uploaded:
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Image last updated:
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Archive:
United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs