Species Phenacaspis angusta (Green, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chionaspis angusta Green, E.E. 1904. Descriptions of some new Victorian Coccidae. Victorian Naturalist 21: 65-69 [67] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Frankston, VIC.

  Type host:

   Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]
• Chionaspis eucalypti Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia (Part I). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 983-989 [987] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ASCU, Mittagong, NSW.

 

Introduction

Examination is required to correctly place this species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: nr Mittagong; VICTORIA: Frankston.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Coast Teatree; Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Eucalyptus sieberiana F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]).

 

General References

Ferris, G.F. 1955. The genus Phenacaspis Cooley and Cockerell. Part I. (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea). Microentomology 20(3): 41-82 [45] (as Phenacaspis angusta; description; illustration)

Ferris, G.F. 1956. The genus Phenacaspis Cooley and Cockerell. Part II. (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccoidea). Microentomology 21(1): 67-83 [68] (as Phenacaspis angusta)

Green, E.E. 1915. New species of Coccidae from Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 6: 45-53 [49] (as Chionaspis angusta)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2022	DIASPIDIDAE	24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	COCCOIDEA	24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018	DIASPIDIDAE	24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018		24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
21-Nov-2012		24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012		24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
		24-Jul-2023	MODIFIED