Antonia pretiosa Ferris

Wu, San-An, Lu, Yuan & Nan, Nan, 2012, A review of the genus Antonina Signoret in China (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 3514, pp. 27-42 : 39

Antonia pretiosa Ferris

Antonina pretiosa Ferris, 1953: 298 ; Wang, 1982: 126; 2001: 35; Tang & Li, 1988: 17; Tang, 1992: 24; Hendricks & Kosztarab, 1999: 115; Wu, 200: 45.

Distribution. Beijing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Hunan, Nei Mongol (= Inner Mongolia), Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Host plants. Bambusa multiplex , B. textiles , B. ventricosa , B. vulgaris (Poaceae) .

Biology. Living in axils of branches.

Material examined: 3ƤƤ, BEIJING: Zizhu park, host plant, date and coll. unknown; 11ƤƤ, BEIJING: Changping county, on Bambusa vulgaris , 18 Nov. 2009, coll. San-an Wu; 8ƤƤ, BEIJING: Summer Palace, on B. ventricosa , 2 July 1981, coll. unknown; 5ƤƤ, GUANGDONG: Shenzhen city, on B. textiles , 30 Aug. 1984, coll. Shi-jun Wu; 2ƤƤ, GUANGXI: Nanning city, on bamboo, 15 Aug. 1995 coll. Shi-jun Wu; 1Ƥ, GAUNGXI: Nanning city, on B. ventricosa , 15 Nov. 2009, coll. San-an Wu; 5ƤƤ, HUNAN; Changsha city, on B. vulgaris , 21 Oct. 2009, coll. San-an Wu; 4ƤƤ, HUNAN; Changsha city, on B. multiplex , 21 Oct. 2009, coll. San-an Wu; 8ƤƤ, SICHUAN; Chengdu, on bamboo, 12 July 2004, coll. San-an Wu; 14ƤƤ, YUNNAN: Kunming, on bamboo, 16 Sept. 1999, Coll. San-an Wu.