Ceroputo graminis (Danzig) Danzig, 2011

Han, Sarah I., 2011, A study of the scale insect genera Puto Signoret (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Putoidae) and Ceroputo Šulc (Pseudococcidae) with a comparison to Phenacoccus Cockerell (Pseudococcidae), Zootaxa 2802, pp. 1-22 : 15

Ceroputo graminis (Danzig) comb. nov.

Puto graminis Danzig, 1972b: 335 .

Adult female type specimens have been available for study. The eyes are approximately the same height as the length of the first antennal segment. There are two campaniform sensilla on each surface of each trochanter except on the surface of one trochanter which apparently has three. There is a very small denticle and no basal spurs on the claws. The trilocular pores occur in two sizes: the dorsal pores are larger than those on venter. Danzig (1980, 1999) reports that the adult female lacks both quinquelocular and multilocular pores. We consider this species to best fit into Ceroputo based on the two sensilla on each trochanter surface, lack of basal spurs, and lack of multilocular pores (a character state shared with C. nulliporus ).