Species Madarococcus moorei Hardy & Gullan, 2008

Museums

Regional Maps

• Madarococcus moorei Hardy, N.B. & Gullan, P.J. in Hardy, N.B., Gullan, P.J., Henderson, R.C. & Cook, L.G. 2008. Relationships among felt scale insects (Hemiptera : Coccoidea : Eriococcidae) of southern beech, Nothofagus (Nothofagaceae), with the first descriptions of Australian species of the Nothofagus-feeding genus Madarococcus Hoy. Invertebrate Systematics 22(3): 365-405 [390].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC adult ♀ (ex foliage of N. moorei), NSW, Barrington Tops State Forest, Dilgry Circle [31°53'S 151°32'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC numerous adult ♀ (in ANIC, BMNH, USNM), several localities in NE NSW, 1 on planted tree in Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT.

  Type host:

   Nothofagus moorei [Nothofagaceae] Antarctic Beech

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Nothofagus moorei [Nothofagaceae] Antarctic Beech).