Species Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead, 1894)
- Aspidiotus orientalis Newstead, R. 1894. Scale insects in Madras. Indian Museum Notes 3(5): 21-32 [26].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHM-UK, Madras, India. - Aspidiotus osbeckiae Green, E.E. 1896. Catalogue of Coccidae collected in Ceylon. Indian Museum Notes 4: 2-10 [4].
- Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) cocotiphagus Marlatt, C.L. 1908. New species of diaspine scale insects. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Series 16(2): 11-32 [14].
- Chrysomphalus pedroniformis Cockerell, T.D.A. & Robinson, E. 1915. Descriptions and records of Coccidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 34: 105-113 [107].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NORTHERN TERRITORY: Darwin; Gove; QUEENSLAND: Ayr; Bamaga; Blacks Beach Mackay; Burketown; Cairns; Charters Towers; Chillagoe; Cloncurry; Coconut Is.; Cooktown; Darnley Is.; Dimbulah; Doomadgee; Dunbar Stn; Horn Is.; Ingham; Kowanyama; Lockhardt River; Mabuiag Is.; Mareeba; Mt Isa; Mundubbera; Murray Is.; Mutarnee; Normanton; Prince of Wales Is.; Rockhampton; Seaforth; Stephens Is.; Sue (Warraber) Is.; Thursday Is.; Townsville; Weipa; Winton; Yam Is.; Yarwun; York Is.; Yorke Is.; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Kununurra.
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
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Annona reticulata L. [ANNONACEAE] Custard Apple; Carica papaya L. [CARICACEAE] Pawpaw, Papaya; Azadirachta indica Adr.Juss. [MELIACEAE]; Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Cucurbita pepo L. [CUCURBITACEAE]; Ficus orbicularis Miq. [MORACEAE]; Hibiscus sp. [MALVACEAE]; Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. [COMBRETACEAE]; Mangifera indica L. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Musa sp. [MUSACEAE]; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Plumeria rubra L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Ricinus communis L. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Rosa sp. [ROSACEAE]; Salix sp. [SALICACEAE]; Solanum melongena L. [SOLANACEAE]; Vitis vinifera L. [VITACEAE]; Wrightia pubescens R.Br. [APOCYNACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Solanaceae, blue snake weed, cooh tree, milkwood tree, milky pine.
General References
Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [511] (as Aonidiella orientalis)
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 [410] (as Aonidiella orientalis; illustration)
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 [268] (as Aspidiotus orientalis)
Green, E.E. 1916. Remarks on Coccidae from Northern Australia – II. Bulletin of Entomological Research 7: 53-65 [53] (as Aspidiotus orientalis)
Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [162-163] (as Aspidiotus cocotiphagus)
Rutherford, A. 1915. Some new Ceylon Coccidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24: 111-118 [106-107] (as Aspidiotus orientalis; 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. [42-44] (as Aonidiella orientalis; description; illustration)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2024 | COCCOIDEA | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS) |
| 05-Jun-2024 | DIASPIDIDAE | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | COCCOIDEA | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | DIASPIDIDAE | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Nov-2012 | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Jun-2012 | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
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