Species Chionaspis formosa Green, 1904
- Chionaspis formosa Green, E.E. 1904. Notes on Australian Coccidae, ex. coll. W.W. Froggatt, with descriptions of new species. No. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 462-465 [462].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHM-UK ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales.Type host:
Eucalyptus tereticornis [MYRTACEAE]
Generic Combinations
- Chionaspis formosa (Green, 1904).
Introduction
Examination is required to correctly place this species.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
NEW SOUTH WALES: Young; VICTORIA: Goulbourn River.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Eucalyptus tereticornis Smith, 1795 [MYRTACEAE] Forest Red Gum; Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree; Eucalyptus rostrata Cav. [MYRTACEAE]).
General References
Ferris, G.F. 1955. The genus Phenacaspis Cooley and Cockerell. Part I. (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea). Microentomology 20(3): 41-82 [49] (as Phenacaspis formosa)
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. [352] (as Chionaspis formosa)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Jun-2024 | COCCOIDEA | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS) |
| 05-Jun-2024 | DIASPIDIDAE | 24-Jul-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 | ||
| 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED |