Species Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret, 1869)
- Chionaspis aspidistrae Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 5e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 431-452 [443-444] [illustration].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, France.Type host:
Aspidistra sp. [MELASTOMATACEAE] - Chionaspis brasiliensis Signoret, V. 1869. Essai sur les cochenilles ou gallinsectes (Homoptères – Coccides) 5e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 9: 431-452 [444-445] [illustration].
- Chionaspis latus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1896. Preliminary diagnoses of new Coccidae. Psyche (Cambridge) Supplement 4[1894–1896]: 18-21 [21].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
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
NSW, Qld: 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: 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; 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]).
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 |