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Species Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833

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Species Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Cecil Park Sydney; Dubbo; Euston; Evans Heads; Gosford; Kogarah; Moree; Murwillumbah; Wollongbar; Narara; Sydney; NORTHERN TERRITORY: Alice Springs; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND: Alberton; Ashgrove; Ayr; Bamaga; Barakula; Bauple; Beerwah; Bowenville; Bribie Is.; Brigalow; Brisbane; Charleville; Chinchilla; Cleveland; Coolangatta; Coolum; Cunnamella 50km NW; Currumbin; Drillham; East Haldon; Eulo; Gatton; Glasshouse; Hampton; Helidon; Highfields; Howard; Imbil; Indooroopilly; Jondaryan; Lake Broadwater; Marmor; Maryborough; Mt Elliott; Mt Glorious; Nambour; Palen Ck; Pomona; Pullenvale; Redland Bay; Stanthorpe; Tamborine; Texas; Thornlands; Tingalpa; Toowong; Toowoomba; Tugun; Underwood; Welcome Ck; Yarraman; VICTORIA: Hawthorn; Lake Hattah; Lake Hattah Mallee; Mallee; Martins Creek Orbost; Melbourne; Ringwood; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Geraldton; Sandwich Islands; South Pacific; West Indies.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Madagascar

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • South Australia
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
    • Western Australia: NW coastal
  • Hawaii
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • United States of America

Neotropical Region

  • Chile
  • Cuba
  • Mexico

Oriental Region

  • Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Alectryon coriaceus (Benth.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Alectryon; Acacia harpophylla F.Muell. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Brigalow; Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. [MYRTACEAE] Broad leaved Paperbark; Scolopia braunii (Klotzsch) Sleumer [SALICACEAE] Brown Birch; Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Brush Box; Acacia sophorae (Labill.) R.Br. [FABACEAE] Coastal Wattle; Acacia stenophylla A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Dalby Myall; Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Desert Lime, Native Cumquat, Native Orange; Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE] Drooping Mistletoe; Microcitrus australasica (F.Muell.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Finger Lime; Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [ACANTHACEAE] Grey Mangrove; Guioa semiglauca (F.Muell.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Guioa, Wild Quince; Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree; Araucaria cunninghamii Mudie [ARAUCARIACEAE] Hoop Pine; Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. [RUTACEAE] Lemon; Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. [FABACEAE] Myrtle Wattle; Araucaria excelsa W.T.Aiton [ARAUCARIACEAE] Norfolk Island pine; Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] Orange; Acacia podalyriifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Don [FABACEAE] Queensland Silver Wattle; Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell., 1855 [MYRTACEAE] Red Mallee, Yorrell; Santalum lanceolatum R.Br. [SANTALACEAE] Sandalwood; Heterodendrum diversifolium F.Muell. [SAPINDACEAE] Scrub Boonaree; Daphnandra micrantha (Tul.) Benth. [MONIMIACEAE] Socketwood; Chlorophytum comosum (Thunb.) Jacques [ASPARAGACEAE] Spider Plant; Pleiogynium solandri (Benth.) Engl. [ANACARDIACEAE] Sweet Plum; Rhodosphaera rhodanthema (F.Muell.) Engl. [ANACARDIACEAE] Tulip Satinwood; Akania lucens (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw [AKANIACEAE] Turnipwood; Acacia ligulata A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Umbrella Bush; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Prunus avium (L.) L. [ROSACEAE] Wild Cherry; Randia fitzalanii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. [RUBIACEAE] Yellow Mangosteen; Acacia hubbardiana Pedley [FABACEAE] Yellow Prickly Moses; Macrozamia riedlei (Fisch. ex Gaudich.) C.A.Gardner [ZAMIACEAE] Zamia Palm; Araucaria bidwillii Hook. [ARAUCARIACEAE] bunya pine, bunya bunya pine; Diospyros kaki Lf. [EBENACEAE] kaki, Japanese persimmon, Oriental persimmon, Sharon Fruit; Actinidia chinensis PIanch. [ACTINIDIACEAE] kiwifruit; Exocarpus cupressiformis Labill. [SANTALACEAE] native cherry; Gladiolus sp. [IRIDACEAE]; Grevillea thelemanniana Hugel ex Endl. [PROTEACEAE] (as tholymannii — may be a variety name); Heterodendrum oleaefolium Desf. [SAPINDACEAE]; Heterodendrum sp. [SAPINDACEAE]; Lantana camara L. [VERBENACEAE]; Loranthus bidwillii Benth., 1867 [LORANTHACEAE]; Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche [PROTEACEAE]; Macadamia ternifolia F.Muell. [PROTEACEAE]; Macadamia tetraphylla L.A.S.Johnson [PROTEACEAE]; Macadamia sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Macrozamia communis L.A.S.Johnson [ZAMIACEAE]; Macrozamia sp. [ZAMIACEAE]; Malus sylvestris Mill. [ROSACEAE]; Musa sp. [MUSACEAE]; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Owenia venosa F.Muell. [MELIACEAE]; Platylobium sp. [FABACEAE]; Prunus persica nucipersica (Suckow) C.K.Schneid. [ROSACEAE]; Psidium guajava L. [MYRTACEAE]; Pyrus communis L. [ROSACEAE]; Rhizophora sp. [RHIZOPHORACEAE]; Rhododendron sp. [ERICACEAE]; Casearia esculenta Roxb. [SALICACEAE]; Caelebogyne ilicifolia John Sm. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Aspidistra sp. [LILIACEAE]; Amyema congener (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Eriostemon queenslandicus C.T.White [MYRTACEAE]; Eremophila mitchellii Benth. [SCROPHULARIACEAE]; Elaeocarpus reticulatus Sm. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Dysoxylum sp. [MELIACEAE]; Dodonaea triquetra J.C.Wendl. [SAPINDACEAE]; Daphne sp. [THYMELAEACEAE]; Geijera parviflora Lindl. [RUTACEAE]; Flindersia bennettiana Benth. [RUTACEAE]; Eugenia smithii Poir. [MYRTACEAE]; Cymbidium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Cycas media R.Br. [CYCADACEAE]; Clematis glycinoides DC. [RANUNCULACEAE]; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Celastrus sp. [CELASTRACEAE]; Toona ciliata M.Roem [MELIACEAE]; Castanospermum australis A.Cunn. & C.Fraser ex Hook. [FABACEAE]; Siphonodon australis Benth. [CELASTRACEAE]; Smilax australis Benth. [CELASTRACEAE]; Tristania sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Vaccinium sp. [VACCINIACEAE]; Wilkiea hugeliana (Tul.) A.DC. [MONIMIACEAE]; Acacia cunninghamii Sweet [FABACEAE]; Acronychia baueri Schott [RUTACEAE]; Acronychia imperforata F.Muell. [RUTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Commelinaceae; Orchidaceae; Arecaceae; grass tree; laurel; mangrove; mistletoe; white gum.

 

General References

Bodenheimer, F.S. 1924. The Coccidae of Palestine. First report on this family. Zionist Organization Institute of Agriculture and Natural History, Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 1: 1-100 [25-26] (as Aspidiotus confusus (=Aspidiotus hederae syn. nov.), (description; illustration))

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 12. Species occurring on deciduous fruit and nut trees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 219-229 [220] (as Aspidiotus hederae)

Comstock, J.H. 1881. Report of the Entomologist. Part II. Report on scale insects. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture 1880–1881: 276-349 [301-303] (as Aspidiotus nerii; description; illustration)

Comstock, J.H. 1883. Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspidinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station, Department of Entomology Report 2: 47-142 [63] (as Aspidiotus nerii; Aspidiotus caldesii [73-74]; Aspidiotus hederae [77]; Aspidiotus limonii [79]; Aspidiotus palmarum [81])

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [254] (as Aspidiotus caldesii and Aspidiotus hederae [260-264])

Ferris, G.F. 1941. The genus Aspidiotus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). (Contribution No. 28). Microentomology 6(2): 33-70 [54-56] (as Aspidiotus hederae; description; illustration)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 127-136 [133] (as Aspidiotus caldesii; description)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [314-315] (as Aspidiotus hederae;description; illustration)

Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1344] (as Aspidiotus caldesii; Aspidiotus nerii)

Fuller, C. 1899. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435-473 [464] (as Aspidiotus caldesii)

Green, E.E. 1896. Catalogue of Coccidae collected in Ceylon. Indian Museum Notes 4: 2-10 [4] (as Aspidiotus nerii)

Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [166] (as Aspidiotus hederae)

Kuwana, I. 1933. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, VII. Scientific Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan, Tokyo 3: 1-42 [10-11] (as Aspidiotus hederae; description; illustration)

Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [23] (as Aspidiotus hederae)

MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [386] (as Aspidiotus caldesii; Aspidiotus confusus; and as Aspidiotus hederae [400])

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [4] (as Aspidiotus nerii)

Morgan, A.C.F. 1889. Observations of Coccidae (No. 5). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 25: 349-353 [350] (as Aspidiotus nerii)

Newstead, R. 1911. Observations on African scale insects (Coccidae). (No. 3). Bulletin of Entomological Research 2: 85-104 [85-86] (as Aspidiotus hederae)

Normark, B.B., Normark, R.D. & Gullan, P.J. 2022. Three new Australian species of the Armoured Scale genus Aspidiotus Bouché, 1833 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Aspidiotini), including an emerging pest of Cycads. Australian Entomologist 49(3): 144-168 [159, Fig. 6]

Rutherford, A. 1915. Some new Ceylon Coccidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24: 111-118 [111] (as Aspidiotus hederae; description)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides), 3e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 9: 97-104 [99] (as Aspidiotus nerii)

Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 4e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 109-138 [126-129] (as Aspidiotus nerii; description; illustration)

Williams, D.J. & Watson, G.W. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Part 1. The armoured scales (Diaspididae). London : CAB International Institute of Entomology 290 pp. [64-66] (as Aspidiotus nerii; description; illustration)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022 DIASPIDIDAE 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 COCCOIDEA 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 DIASPIDIDAE 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-May-2023 MODIFIED
29-May-2023 MODIFIED