Valid Names Results
Aclerda distorta Green, 1909 (Aclerdidae: Aclerda)Nomenclatural History
- Aclerda distorta Green 1909a: 290. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, Yatiyantota and Udagama, on Arundinaria sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 3
- Poaceae
- Arundinaria | Green1909a McConn1954
- Dendrocalamus | Ali1970a Varshn1994
- Saccharum officinarum | Ali1970a | (= Saccharum officinalis)
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- India
- Tamil Nadu | Varshn1994
- West Bengal | Varshn1994
- Sri Lanka | McConn1954 Varshn1994
Keys
- Hodgso2020: pp.200 ( Adult (M) ) [Aclerda species]
- McConn1954: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- McConn1954: pp.29 ( Immature (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Systematics: Adult male A. distorta is very similar to those of other Aclerda species, but is rather larger. The main difference between A. distorta and other species is the presence of an incipient glandular pouch (the presence of a disc-pore suggests it could be a pouch but the presence of three setae suggests otherwise!) (Hodgson, 2020)
- Biology: Concealed beneath the leaf sheaths of the host.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female by McConnell (1954). Detailed description of male in Hodgson, 2020.
Illustrations
Citations
- AgarwaSi1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 3
- Ali1970a: catalog, distribution, host, 131-132
- BenDov2006b: catalog, taxonomy, 9
- Box1953: distribution, host, 51
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 393
- Green1909a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 290-291
- Hodgso2020: description of male, illustration, key, taxonomy, 200, 203-205
- McConn1954: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 53-55
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 345
- Sassce1911: taxonomy, 67
- Varshn1985a: catalog, 22
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, 66
- Varshn1994: distribution, host, 338
- Willia2017a: catalog, list, 204
