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Species Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell, 1879)

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Species Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell, 1879)

Distribution

States

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


Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Dubbo; Gosford; Griffiths; Nowra; Sydney; Tumut; NORTHERN TERRITORY: Humpty Doo; Maningrida; QUEENSLAND: Alpha; Alton Downs; Anakie; Aramac; Atherton; Aurukun; Ayr; Bamaga; Beaudesert; Belmont; Beta; Biloela; Blackall; Blackall Ra.; Bollon; Boogan; Bouldercombe; Bowen; Bribie Is.; Brisbane; Broadwater; Buderim; Bundaberg; Byfield; Byrnestown; Cardwell; Cecil Plains; Charleville; Charters Towers; Childers; Churchill; Clare; Coen; Cooroy; Coulston Lakes; Dalby; Darling Downs; Dimbulah; Doomadgee; Dunbar Stn; Eidsvold; Esk; Forest Hill; Gamboola H.S.; Gatton; Gayndah; Gladstone; Glasshouse; Goondiwindi; Gooray siding; Grantham; Gunalda; Gympie; Harrisvale; Heathlands; Hemmant; Herberton; Howard; Imbil; Indooroopilly; Ipswich; Isis; Kilkivan; Kingaroy; Kowanyama; Lakefield; Laura; Leyburn; Longreach; Mackay; Marburg; Mareeba; Marmor; Maryborough; Millmerran; Mitchell; Moggill; Mooloolah; Moreton; Mt Isa; Mt Larcom; Mundubbera; Murgon; Mutchilba; Nambour; North Coast; Nundah; Ormiston; Palm Beach; Palmwoods; Pinbarren; Pittsworth; Ravenshoe; Rockhampton; Roma; Rosewood; Sandgate; Saibai Island; Shorncliff; Southport; Sunnybank; Surat; Tewantin; Theodore; Thornlands; Tiaro; Tinana; Toowoomba; Townsville; Tugun; Walloon; Westbrook; Wowan; Yam Is.; Yamala; Yarraman; VICTORIA: Melbourne; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Kununurra; South Pacific; Southern Europe; 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, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Kenya
  • Mauritius

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, NE coastal
    • Victoria: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Fiji
  • Hawaii
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Western Samoa

Nearctic Region

  • United States of America

Neotropical Region

  • Jamaica

Oriental Region

  • China (People's Republic)
  • Sri Lanka
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand

Palaearctic Region

  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Syria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [ROSACEAE] Peach, Nectarine; Arachis hypogaea L. [FABACEAE] Peanut; Citrus maxima Merr. [RUTACEAE] Shaddock; Actinidia chinensis PIanch. [ACTINIDIACEAE] kiwifruit; Citrus reticulata Blanco [RUTACEAE] mandarin; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Olea europaea L. [OLEACEAE]; Morus alba L. [MORACEAE]; Malus sylvestris Mill. [ROSACEAE]; Macadamia sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Ligustrum sp. [OLEACEAE]; Laurus nobilis L. [LAURACEAE]; Juglans regia L. [JUGLANDACEAE]; Morus sp. [MORACEAE]; Vitis vinifera L. [VITACEAE]; Salix chilensis Molina [SALICACEAE]; Rosa sp. [ROSACEAE]; Ricinus communis L. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Pyrus communis L. [ROSACEAE]; Prunus domestica L. [ROSACEAE]; Prunus armeniaca L. [ROSACEAE]; Prunus asmygdalus Stokes [ROSACEAE]; Plumeria rubra L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Physalis peruviana L. [SOLANACEAE]; Persea americana Miller [LAURACEAE]; Passiflora edulis Sims [PASSIFLORACEAE]; Pandanus sp. [PANDANACEAE]; Gladiolus sp. [IRIDACEAE]; Gerbera jamesoni Bolus [ASTERACEAE]; Fortunella sp. [RUTACEAE]; Flacourtia sp. [SALICACEAE]; Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers. [MORACEAE]; Ficus carica L. [MORACEAE]; Erythrina sp. [FABACEAE]; Cactus sp. [CACTACEAE]; Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. & C.Fraser ex Hook. [FABACEAE]; Cinnamomum oliveri F.M.Bailey [LAURACEAE]; Aleurites fordii Hemsl. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Asparagus racemosus Willd. [ASPARAGACEAE]; Buxus sempervirens L. [BUXACEAE]; Citrus medica L. [RUTACEAE]; Erythrina vespertilio Benth. [FABACEAE]; Erythrina caffra Thunb. [FABACEAE]; Doryanthes excelsa R.Dahlgren & Clifford [DORYANTHACEAE]; Cypripedium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Cucurbita maxima Lam. [CUCURBITACEAE]; Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. [BORAGINACEAE]; Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl [LAURACEAE] Camphor Laurel; Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Desert Lime, Native Cumquat, Native Orange; Citrus paradisi Macfad. [RUTACEAE] Grapefruit; Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree; Pinus radiata D.Don [PINACEAE] Insignis Pine; Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. [RUTACEAE] Lemon; Citrus aurantifolia (Christm. & Panz.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Lime; Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. [MYRTACEAE] Manuka; Fortunella margarita (Lour.) Swingle. [RUTACEAE] Nagami Kumquat; Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] Orange; Citrus aurantium L. [RUTACEAE] Orange; Hydriastele wendlandiana (F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE] Palm).

Extra Ecological Information

Laurel, willows.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [509] (as Aonidiella aurantii)

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 [34-36] (as Chrysomphalus aurantii; 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 [219] (as Aonidiella aurantii)

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 13. The genera Aonidiella, Chrysomphalus and Quadraspidiotus in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19: 403-423 [404-408] (as Aonidiella aurantii; illustration)

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 [293-295] (as Aspidiotus aurantii; 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 [59] (as Aspidiotus aurantii)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 127-136 [132] (as Aspidiotus aurantii)

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

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 aurantii)

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

Kuwana, I. 1933. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, VII. Scientific Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan, Tokyo 3: 1-42 [29-30] (as Chrysomphalus aurantii; description; illustration)

Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [25] (as Aonidiella aurantii)

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. [443] (as Aonidiella aurantii)

Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [12-13] (as Aspidiotus aurantii)

Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [206] (as Aspidiotus aurantii)

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 [2] (as Aspidiotus aurantii)

McKenzie, H.L. 1938. The genus Aonidiella (Homoptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae). Microentomology 3: 1-36 [6-7] (as Aonidiella aurantii; description; illustration)

Rutherford, A. 1915. Some new Ceylon Coccidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24: 111-118 [107] (as Aonidiella aurantii)

Takagi, S. 1969. Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea) Part 1. Insecta Matsumurana 32: 1-110 [82] (as Aonidiella aurantii; description)

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. [37] (as Aonidiella aurantii; 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