Species Symonicoccus australis (Maskell, 1894)
Grass Coccid
- Signoretia luzulae australis Maskell, W.M. 1894. Further coccid notes with descriptions of several new species and discussion of various points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26: 65-105 [80].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
ID Keys
(Koteja, J. & Brookes, H.M., 1981) [386-387] (female; Australia)
General References
Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [233] (Signoretia luzulae: misidentification)
Common Name References
Naumann, I.D., Ingram, R.J. & Floyd, R. 2002. Australian Insect Common Names, based on CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. 6th edn 1993. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/ (Grass Coccid)