Species Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni, 1886)
- Diaspis pentagona Targioni Tozzetti, A. 1886. Sull'insectto che danneggia I gelsi. Rivista di Bachicoltura 18(1885): 1-3 [also in Soc. Ent. Ital. Bul. 19: 184-186] [1].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Italy.Type host:
Morus sp. [MORACEAE] - Diaspis lanatus Cockerell, T.D.A. 1892. Museum notes. Journal of the Institute of Jamaica 1: 134-137 [137].
- Diaspis patelliformis Sasaki, C. 1894. On the scale insect of mulberry trees (Diaspis patelliformis n. sp.). Tokyo Imperial University College of Agriculture Bullletin 2: 107-124 [107].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
NEW SOUTH WALES: Rydalmere; Sydney; Terry Hills; QUEENSLAND: Anglers Paradise; Boigu Is.; Brisbane; Buderim; Bundaberg; Coconut Is.; Deception Bay; Gympie; Indooroopilly; Palmwoods; Saibai Is.; Southport; Stanthorpe; Yorke Is.; 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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Mauritius
- South Africa
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Hawaii
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
Nearctic Region
- Mexico
- United States of America
Neotropical Region
- Brazil
- Cuba
- Mexico
- Panama
Oriental Region
- China (People's Republic)
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
Palaearctic Region
- Italy
- Japan
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- England
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder (associated flora: Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Chinese Tallow Tree; Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [ROSACEAE] Peach, Nectarine; Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE] She-Oak; Prunus avium (L.) L. [ROSACEAE] Wild Cherry; Allamanda cathartica L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Annona sp. [ANNONACEAE]; Commersonia fraseri J.Gay [STERCULIACEAE]; Hibiscus sp. [MALVACEAE]; Manihot esculenta Crantz [EUPHORBIACEAE] (cassava, tapioca, manioc, mandioca, yuca); Passiflora edulis Sims [PASSIFLORACEAE]; Pelargonium sp. [GERANIACEAE]; Pelargonium zonale L'Herit. [GERANIACEAE] (on label as Pelagonium); Plumeria rubra L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Prunus armeniaca L. [ROSACEAE]; Prunus domestica L. [ROSACEAE]; Prunus persica nucipersica (Suckow) C.K.Schneid. [ROSACEAE]; Ricinus communis L. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Vitis vinifera L. [VITACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Euphorbiaceae.
General References
Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [557] (as Pseudaulacaspis pentagona)
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 [224] (as Pseudaulacaspis pentagona)
Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. South African Coccidae. The Entomologist 34: 223-227, 248-250 [225] (as Diaspis pentagona)
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 [234-235] (as Aulacaspis pentagona)
Ferris, G.F. 1950. Report upon scale insects collected in China (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Part II. (Contribution no. 68). Microentomology 15(3): 69-97 [76] (as Pseudaulacaspis pentagona)
Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 875-882 [880-881] (as Diaspis pentagona; description)
Green, E.E. 1896. Catalogue of Coccidae collected in Ceylon. Indian Museum Notes 4: 2-10 [4] (as Diaspis lanata)
Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [162] (as Diaspis pentagona)
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 [44-45] (as Diaspis amygdali)
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 [4] (as Aspidiotus vitiensis and as Diaspis amygdali [5])
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 [299] (as Diaspis amygdali)
Nakahara, S. 1975. Notes on Chionaspis and Pseudaulacaspis in the United States (Homoptera: Diaspididae). United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Economic Institute Report 25: 201-203 [202] (as Pseudaulacaspis pantagona)
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 [42-43] (as Pseudaulacaspis pentagona)
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. [231-235] (as Pseudaulacaspis pentagona)
History of changes
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| 29-Mar-2018 | COCCOIDEA | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | DIASPIDIDAE | 29-May-2023 | MODIFIED | |
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