Heliococcus osborni ( Sanders, 1902 )

Evans, Gregory A. & Abd-Rabou, Shaaban, 2023, The mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) of Egypt, Insecta Mundi 2023 (999), pp. 1-83 : 18

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scientific name	Heliococcus osborni ( Sanders, 1902 )
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Heliococcus osborni ( Sanders, 1902) View in CoL

( Figure 18 View Figure 18 , after Ezzat 1960b)

Taxonomy. Phenacoccus (Paroudablis) osborni Sanders1902:284 . Type data. U.S.A.: Ohio, on Platanus occidentalis .

Hosts in Egypt. Crucianella aegyptiaca , Onopordum sp ; Rubiaceae : ( Ezzat 1960b).

Distribution in Egypt. El Salloum, 1936 ( Ezzat 1960b).

Remarks. This is a polyphagous species on non-grass hosts; it is also known to occur in the USA, Canada and Sweden. Ezzat (1960b) provided a redescription and illustration of this species.