Species Unaspis citri (Comstock, 1883)

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• Chionaspis citri 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 [100-102] [illustration].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Louisiana, USA.

  Type host:

   Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE]
• Dinaspis veitchi Green, E.E. & Laing, F. 1923. Descriptions of some new species and some new records of Coccidae—I. Diaspidinae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 123-131 [123] [illustration].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NEW SOUTH WALES: Sydney; QUEENSLAND: Aurukun; Indooroopilly; Mackay; Mareeba; Mundubbera; Murray I.; Nambour; Ormiston; Portland Roads; Thornlands; Central America; South Pacific; West Indies.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea
• Western Samoa

Nearctic Region

• Mexico
• United States of America

Neotropical Region

• Bermuda
• Cuba
• Mexico

Oriental Region

• China (People's Republic)
• Thailand

Palaearctic Region

• Japan

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Citrus paradisi Macfad. [RUTACEAE] Grapefruit; Citrus limon (L.) Burm.f. [RUTACEAE] Lemon; Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] Orange; Citrus reticulata Blanco [RUTACEAE] mandarin; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]).

 

General References

Beardsley, J.W. 1966. Insects of Micronesia. Homoptera: Coccoidea. Insects of Micronesia 6: 377-562 [558] (as Unaspis citri)

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 [214-215] (as Chionaspis citri)

Ferris, G.F. 1937. Atlas of the scale insects of North America. Series 1. Palo Alto, California : Stanford University Press Vol. 1 136 pp. [129] (as Unaspis citri; description; illustration)

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 [986] (as Chionaspis citri; description)

Houser, J.S. 1918. The Coccidae of Cuba. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 11: 157-172 [160] (as Chionaspis citri)

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. [43-44] (as Prontaspis citri; description; illustration)

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 [211] (as Chionaspis citri; description)

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 citri)

Rao, V.P. 1949. The genus Unaspis MacGillivray (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Microentomology 14(2): 59-72 [62] (as Unaspis citri; description; illustration)

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. [247-248] (as Unaspis citri; description; 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