Species Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley, 1899)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hemichionaspis minor strachani Cooley, R.A. 1899. The coccid genera Chionaspis and Hemichionaspis. Special Bulletin Hatch Experiment Station. 57 pp. 9 pls [54].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, West Africa (as West Africe).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NORTHERN TERRITORY: Gunn Pt; QUEENSLAND: Alligator Ck S of Townsville; Aurukun; Ayr; Badu Is.; Bamaga; Boigu Is.; Burketown; Cairns; Dimbulah (15 km W); Hammond Is.; Horne Is.; Ingham; Injinoo; Karumba; Kowanyama; Kubin Moa Is.; Longreach; Mabuiag Is.; Marpuna; Moreton; Mossman; Mt Carbine (32 km NW); Mundubbera; Murray Is.; Old Map oon; Prince of Wales Is.; Rockhampton; Saibai Is.; Southedge; St Pauls Moa Is.; Sue Is.; Thursday Is.; Weipa; Yam Is.; Yorke Is.; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Kununurra; Central America; Philippine Islands; South Pacific; West Africa.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal, Torres Strait Islands
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• Papua New Guinea

Neotropical Region

• Mexico

Oriental Region

• India
• Sri Lanka
• Taiwan

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. [URTICACEAE] Artillery Plant; Brachychiton acerifolius (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) F.Muell. [MALVACEAE] Flame Tree; Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit [MIMOSACEAE] Lead Tree; Abutilon sp. [MALVACEAE]; Aeschynomene indica L. [FABACEAE]; Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R.Br. [LAMIACEAE]; Asplenium sp. [ASPLENIACEAE]; Atalaya sericopetala S.T.Reynolds [SAPINDACEAE]; Azadirachta indica Adr.Juss. [MELIACEAE]; Capsicum annuum L. [SOLANACEAE]; Cassia alata L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Crotalaria pallida Aiton [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria sp. [FABACEAE]; Erythrina sp. [FABACEAE]; Ficus sp. [MORACEAE]; Glochidion xerocarpum (O.Schwarz) Airy Shaw [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Grevillea mimosoides R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]; Hibiscus cannabinus L. [MALVACEAE]; Hibiscus rosasinensis L. [MALVACEAE]; Hibiscus sabdariffa L. [MALVACEAE]; Hibiscus sp. [MALVACEAE]; Hibiscus tiliaceus L. [MALVACEAE]; Lumnitzera sp. [COMBRETACEAE]; Macrozamia sp. [ZAMIACEAE]; Manihot esculenta Crantz [EUPHORBIACEAE] (cassava, tapioca, manioc, mandioca, yuca); Moonia sp. [ASTERACEAE]; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Passiflora foetida L. [PASSIFLORACEAE]; Pedilanthus sp. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Petalostigma pubescens Domin [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Plumeria rubra L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Pououma cecropiaefolia Mart. [URTICACEAE]; Premna serratifolia L. [VERBENACEAE]; Terminalia catappa L. [COMBRETACEAE]; Vitis vinifera L. [VITACEAE]; Ziziphus sp. [RHAMNACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Orchidaceae, Solanaceae, Zamiaceae.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [555-557] (as Pinnaspis strachani)

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 [241] (as Hemichionaspis minor strachani)

Ferris, G.F. & Rao, V.P. 1947. The genus Pinnaspis Cockerell (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Microentomology 12(2): 25-58 [39-41] (as Pinnaspis strachani; description; illustration)

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. [343] (as Hemichionaspis minor strachani)

Takagi, S. 1970. Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea) Part 2. Insecta Matsumurana 33: 1-146 [108-110] (as Pinnaspis strachani; 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. [218-219] (as Pinnaspis strachani; illustration)

 

History of changes

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