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Species Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret, 1869)

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Species Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret, 1869)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Tweed River; QUEENSLAND: N Qld; Aurukun; Ayr; Bowen (15km NW); Bribie Is.; Brisbane; Coconut Is.; Ingham; Innisfail; Mooloolaba; Murray Is.; Normanton; Ormiston; Plam Beach; Stanthorpe; Stephens Is.; Sue Is.; Thornlands; Toowoomba; Toowong; Townsville; Watsonville; Yam Is.; Yorke Is.; Central America; Europe; South Pacific; West Indies.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Platycerium grande (Fee) C.Presl [POLYPODIACEAE] Stag's Horn; Lycopodium phlegmaria L. [LYCOPODIACEAE] Tassel Fern; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Platycerium sp. [POLYPODIACEAE]; Xanthorrhoea sp. [XANTHORRHOEACEAE]; Asplenium australasicum Hook. [ASPLENIACEAE]; Asplenium sp. [ASPLENIACEAE]; Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE]; Dendrobium speciosum Sm. [ORCHIDACEAE]; Hibiscus rosasinensis L. [MALVACEAE]; Musa sp. [MUSACEAE]; Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott [LOMARIOPSIDACEAE]; Physalis peruviana L. [SOLANACEAE]; Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl [DAVALLIACEAE] Fishbone Fern; Cyrtomium falcatum (L.f.) C.Presl [DRYOPTERIDACEAE] Holly Fern; Coelospermum reticulatum (F.Muell.) Benth. [RUBIACEAE] Medicine Bush).

Extra Ecological Information

Arecaceae, Orchidaceae, ferns.

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [554-555] (as Pinnaspis aspidistriae)

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 [108-109] (as Chionaspis aspidistriae and as Chionaspis brasiliensis [109])

Doane, R.W. & Hadden, E. 1909. Coccidae from the Society Islands. The Canadian Entomologist 41: 296-300 [297] (as Hemichionaspis aspidistriae)

Ferris, G.F. & Rao, V.P. 1947. The genus Pinnaspis Cockerell (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Microentomology 12(2): 25-58 [30-32] (as Pinnaspis aspidistriae; description; illustration)

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

Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [162] (as Hemichionaspis aspidistriae)

Kuwana, I. 1926. The diaspine Coccidae of Japan, IV. Genera Cryptoparlatoria, Howardia, Sasakiaspis, Diaspis, Aulacaspis, Pinnaspis and Prontaspis. Imperial Plant Quarantine Service Technical Bulletin 4: 1-44, 12 pls, 1 fig. [36-38] (as Pinnaspis aspidestrae [error]; 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. [342-343] (as Hemichionaspis aspidistriae)

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] [15] (as Chionaspis aspidistriae)

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 [210-211] (as Chionaspis brasiliensis; description; illustration)

Maskell, W.M. 1894. Further coccid notes with descriptions of several new species and discussion of various points of interest. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 26: 65-105 [68] (as Chionaspis brasiliensis)

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 [9] (as Chionaspis brasiliensis)

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 [305-306] (as Chionaspis aspidistriae)

Takagi, S. 1970. Diaspididae of Taiwan based on material collected in connection with the Japan-U.S. Co-operative Science Programme, 1965 (Homoptera: Coccoidea) Part 2. Insecta Matsumurana 33: 1-146 [106-107] (as Pinnaspis aspidistriae; 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. [212-215] (as Pinnaspis aspidistriae; 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)
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
05-Jun-2024 MODIFIED