Original scientific paper

The genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti, 1866 (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) with special regard to Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946 as a newly recorded species in the fauna of Croatia

Tatjana Masten Milek ; Institute for plant protection in agriculture and forestry of Republic of Croatia, Svetošimunska cesta 25, HR – 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Ivezić ; Faculty of Agriculture in Osijek, J.J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, HR – 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Mladen Šimala ; Institute for plant protection in agriculture and forestry of Republic of Croatia, Svetošimunska cesta 25, HR – 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This paper deals with the scale insects Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood, 1870), Pulvinaria hydrangeae Steinweden, 1946 and Pulvinaria vitis (Linnaeus, 1758) which were monitored during a four year faunistic investigation (2005–2008) of the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti, 1866 in Croatia. P. hydrangeae is a newly recorded species in Croatia. Distribution (according to the UTM coordinate system) and host plants of these species in Croatia are reported. Some morphological characteristics useful to separate these three species are also given.

Keywords

Pulvinaria floccifera; Pulvinaria hydrangeae; Pulvinaria vitis; distribution; morphology; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

45314

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/45314

Publication date:

31.12.2009.

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