Species Diaspidiotus loranthi (Laing, 1929)

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Species Diaspidiotus loranthi (Laing, 1929)

Aspidiotus loranthi Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [21-22] [illustration].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Eltham, VIC.
Type host:
Loranthus pendulus Sieber ex Spreng [LORANTHACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QUEENSLAND: Forest Hill; Rochedale; NEW SOUTH WALES: Narrabri; VICTORIA: Beechworth; Eltham; Stawell.

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, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE] Drooping Mistletoe; Ficus carica L. [MORACEAE]; Loranthus sp. [LORANTHACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Mistletoe.

General References

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 [221] (as Diaspidiotus loranthi)

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
14-Dec-2022	DIASPIDIDAE	29-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	29-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	29-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		29-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		29-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		29-Jun-2023	MODIFIED
		29-Jun-2023	MODIFIED

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