Acanthococcus pseudinsignis (Green, 1921)
boreal felt scale
on “grasses”
parasite
Scales and ovisacs mainly on top of the very base of the leaf lamina.
host plants
Poaceae, etc., oligophagous
Agropyron cristatum subsp. ponticum; Agrostis capillaris; Alopecurus pratensis; Ammophila; Andropogon; Anthoxanthum; Arrhenatherum elatius; Avenella flexuosa; Brachypodium pinnatum, sylvaticum; Bromopsis inermis; Calamagrostis; Carex; Cynodon dactylon; Elytrigia repens; Festuca; Holcus lanatus, mollis; Koeleria glauca; Luzula; Molinia caerulea; Phragmites; Setaria.
Ovisacs often are deposited on non-host plants. Thee may explain the references of Achillea millefolium; Dianthus crinitus; Taraxacum; Veronica chamaedrys.
phenology
U nivoltine; hibernation as egg.
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Anophococcus, Eriococcus, pseudinsignis.
references
Hellrigl (2004a), Kozár, Kaydan, Konczné Benedicty & Szita (2013a), Schmutterer & Hoffmann (2003a), Seljak (2010a).