2285 Author Williams, Douglas J. Author Ben-Dov, Yair text Zootaxa 2009 2009-11-09 2285 1 64 journal article 1175­5334 mespili Goeze 1778: 345 , Coccus This name is valid and preceded Coccus mespili Gmelin 1790 which is given with the same reference and description. Current status: Fernald (1903: 130) synonymised C. mespili Gmelin with C. carpini L. and so C. mespili Goeze is also regarded here as a junior synonym of C. carpini L. (= Pulvinaria vitis (L.)) syn. n.