Species Pinnaspis buxi (Bouché, 1851)
- Aspidiotus buxi Bouché, P.F. 1851. Neue Arten der Schildlausfamilie. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 12: 110-112 [111].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Europe.Type host:
Buxus sempervirens L. [BUXACEAE] - Mytilaspis pandani 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 [324].
- Hemichionaspis pseudaspidistrae Green, E.E. 1916. Remarks on Coccidae from Northern Australia – II. Bulletin of Entomological Research 7: 53-65 [58-59] [illustration].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
NEW SOUTH WALES: Wollongbar; NORTHERN TERRITORY: Koolpingyah; QUEENSLAND: Bamaga; Brisbane; Horn Is.; Indooroopilly; Central America; Europe; South Pacific; West Indies.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Seychelles
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Papua New Guinea
Nearctic Region
- United States of America
Oriental Region
- Taiwan
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Vaccinium corymbosum L. [ERICACEAE] blueberry; Beaumontia grandiflora Wall. [APOCYNACEAE]; Ficus sp. [MORACEAE]; Pandanus odoratissimus L.f. [PANDANACEAE]; Pandanus sp. [PANDANACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Rose of Sharon.
General References
Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [555] (as Pinnaspis buxi)
Ferris, G.F. & Rao, V.P. 1947. The genus Pinnaspis Cockerell (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Microentomology 12(2): 25-58 [32-33] (as Pinnaspis buxi (=Hemichionaspis pseudaspidistriae syn. nov.); description; illustration)
Green, E.E. & Laing, F. 1921. Coccidae from the Seychelles. Bulletin of Entomological Research 12: 125-128 [127] (as Pinnaspis buxi)
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. [341] (as Hemichionaspis pseudaspidistriae and as Pinnaspis buxi [290])
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 [105-106] (as Pinnaspis buxi; 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. [215-218] (as Pinnaspis buxi; 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 |