Species Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Coccus aonidum Linnaeus, C. 1758. II. Hemiptera. pp. 434-457 in Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [455].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Florida; Orlando.

  Type host:

   Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE]
• Chrysomphalus ficus Ashmead, W.H. 1880. On the red or circular scale of the orange (Chrysomphalus ficus Riley ms). American Entomologist 3: 267-269 [267].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NORTHERN TERRITORY: Koolpinyah; Maningrida; Warruwi; QUEENSLAND: Beerwah; Biloela; Botanic Gardens [Brisbane]; Brisbane; Broadwater; Buderim; Burketown; Cairns; Cardwell; Charters Towers; Cooroy; Dalby; Emerald; Eumundi; Forest Hill; Gatton; Gayndah; Grantham; Ipswich; Kenmore; Kingaroy; Koah; Laidley; Mackay; Maryborough; Mossman; Nambour; Northgate; Nundah; Oxley; Paddington; Palmwoods; Redland Bay; Rockhampton; South Johnstone; Sunnybank; Townsville; Wowan; WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Carnarvon; Europe; South Pacific; West Indies.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, 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), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Mauritius

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Papua New Guinea

Nearctic Region

• Mexico
• United States of America

Neotropical Region

• Brazil
• Cuba
• Mexico

Oriental Region

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

Palaearctic Region

• Egypt
• Israel
• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Peppermint; Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE] Piccabeen Palm; Syagrus romanzoffianum (Cham.) Glassman [ARECACEAE] Queen Palm; Austromyrtus hillii (Benth.) Burret [MYRTACEAE] Scaly Myrtle; Annona squamosa L. [ANNONACEAE] Sugar Apple; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Araucaria bidwillii Hook. [ARAUCARIACEAE] bunya pine, bunya bunya pine; Citrus reticulata Blanco [RUTACEAE] mandarin; Callistemon sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Camellia japonica L. [THEACEAE]; Canna indica L. [CANNACEAE]; Ceratonia siliqua L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Dendrobium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Dendrobium moschatum Sw. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Dendrobium kingianum Lindl. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Cymbidium sp. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Cosmos bipinnatus Cav. [ASTERACEAE]; Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Olea europaea L. [OLEACEAE]; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Myrtus hillii Benth. [MYRTACEAE]; Musa sp. [MUSACEAE]; Mangifera indica L. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche [PROTEACEAE]; Vitis vinifera L. [VITACEAE]; Thea sinensis L. [THEACEAE]; Strelitzia reginae Aiton. [STRELITZIACEAE]; Atlantia buxifolia Tenore [RUTACEAE]; Rosa sp. [ROSACEAE]; Phoenix sp. [ARECACEAE]; Persea americana Miller [LAURACEAE]; Pandanus sp. [PANDANACEAE]; Hibiscus rosasinensis L. [MALVACEAE]; Hedera sp. [ARALIACEAE]; Hedera helix L. [ARALIACEAE]; Ficus macrophylla Desf. ex Pers. [MORACEAE]; Eugenia smithii Poir. [MYRTACEAE]; Elaeodendron sp. [CELASTRACEAE]; Castanospermum australe A.Cunn. & C.Fraser ex Hook. [FABACEAE]; Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze [THEACEAE]; Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Tea Tree; Livistona australis (R.Br.) Mart. [ARECACEAE] Cabbage Tree; Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl [LAURACEAE] Camphor Laurel; Dracaena draco (L.) L. [AGAVACEAE] Canary Islands Dragon Tree; Ceratopetalum gummiferum Sm. [CUNONIACEAE] Christmas Bush; Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don [MYRTACEAE] Drooping Bottlebrush; Acacia complanata A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Flat-stemmed Wattle; Citrus paradisi Macfad. [RUTACEAE] Grapefruit; Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. [RUTACEAE] Lemon; Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] Orange; Hydriastele wendlandiana (F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE] Palm).

Extra Ecological Information

Arecaceae.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [516] (as Chrysomphalus ficus)

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 [36-37] (as Chrysomhalus ficus; description)

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 [220] (as Chrysomphalus ficus)

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 [414-416] (as Chrysomphalus ficus; 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 [296-300] (as Aspidiotus ficus; 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 [61] (as Aspidiotus ficus)

Doane, R.W. & Hadden, E. 1909. Coccidae from the Society Islands. The Canadian Entomologist 41: 296-300 [299] (as Chrysomphalus aonidum)

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 [286-287] (as Chrysomphalus aonidum)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [313] (as Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) ficus; description; illustration)

Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [168] (as Chrysomphalus aonidum)

Kuwana, I. 1933. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, VII. Scientific Bulletin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan, Tokyo 3: 1-42 [27-28] (as Chrysomphalus aonidum; 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. [415-416] (as Chrysomphalus aonidum)

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Further coccid notes: with description of new species from New Zealand, Australia, Sandwich Islands, and elsewhere, and remarks upon many species already reported. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 36-75 [39] (as Aspidiotus ficus)

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 [3] (as Aspidiotus ficus)

Maskell, W.M. 1896. Further coccid notes, with descriptions of new species and discussions of questions of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 28: 380-411 [dated 1895] [384] (as Aspidiotus ficus)

Maskell, W.M. 1897. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species and discussions of points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 29: 293-331 [297] (as Aspidiotus ficus)

Morgan, A.C.F. 1889. Observations of Coccidae (No. 5). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 25: 349-353 [350-351] (as Aspidiotus ficus)

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 [86-87] (as Aspidiotus ficus; 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. [93-94] (as Chrysomphalus aonidum; description; 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