User:DavidAnstiss/Podonectria coccicola

Podonectria coccicola is a fungal and pathogen of scale insects.

History
Genus Podonectria was introduced by Tom Petch (1870–1948), English mycologist in 1921, to accommodate species of Ophionectria (in the Nectriaceae family), which are parasitic on scale insects and have thick-walled asci, long, multiseptate ascospores, and a tetracrium-like conidial stage. The type species, Podonectria coccicola was transferred from Ophionectria coccicola  and is associated with the scale insects of Aonidiella aurantia, Aspidiotus perniciosus , Chrysomphalus aonidum , Lepidosaphes beckii , Lepidosaphes gloverii , Leucapsis sp., Parlatoria pergandii , Parlatoria ziziphi , and Unaspis citri  which are all mainly found on Rutaceae species of plants.

Nectria coccicola Ellis & Everh. 1886