Valid Names Results
Acutaspis aliena (Newstead, 1901) (Diaspididae: Acutaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus alienus Newstead 1901a: 81. Type data: UNITED KINGDOM: England, London, on Cattleya skinneri.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Chrysomphalus alienus (Newstead, 1901); Fernald 1903b: 286. change of combination
- Pseudischnaspis alienus (Newstead, 1901); Houser 1918: 169. change of combination
- Insaspidiotus alienus (Newstead, 1901); McKenzie 1939: 53. change of combination
- Melanaspis aliena (Newstead, 1901); Ferris 1941d: 348. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
- Acutaspis aliena (Newstead, 1901); Deitz & Davidson 1986: 11. change of combination
- Acutaspis alienae (Newstead, 1901); Granara de Willink & Claps 2003: 628. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- Alien Scale MerrilCh1923
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 12 | Genera: 15
- Araliaceae
- Hedera helix | GranarCl2003
- Asparagaceae
- Yucca gloriosa | Houser1918 MerrilCh1923
- Burseraceae
- Bursera | Ferris1941d
- Calophyllaceae
- Mammea | MerrilCh1923
- Fabaceae
- Senna obtusifolia | Houser1918 MerrilCh1923 | (= Cassia obtusifolia)
- Lamiaceae
- Clerodendrum | Houser1918 MerrilCh1923
- Orchidaceae
- Guarianthe skinneri | Ferris1941d MerrilCh1923 Newste1901a | (= Cattleya skinneri)
- Orchidaceae | Ferris1941d
- Polygonaceae
- Homalocladium platycladum | Houser1918 MerrilCh1923 | (= Muehlenbeckia platyclada)
- Proteaceae
- Grevillea robusta | Houser1918
- Rosaceae
- Rosa | Houser1918
- Salicaceae
- Salix babylonica | Houser1918 MerrilCh1923
- Solanaceae
- Brugmansia candida | MerrilCh1923
- Brunfelsia australis | GranarCl2003
- Datura | MerrilCh1923
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 12
- Argentina
- Tucuman | GranarCl2003
- Brazil | Nakaha1982
- Colombia | SchneiOkNo2018
- Cuba | Ferris1941d
- Ecuador | Nakaha1982
- Guatemala | Ferris1941d
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | Nakaha1982
- Jamaica | Nakaha1982
- Mexico
- Oaxaca | Ferris1941d
- Veracruz | Ferris1941d
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island | Nakaha1982
- United Kingdom
- England | Ferris1941d Newste1901a
- United States
- Florida | Dekle1965c Ferris1941d MerrilCh1923
Keys
- SchneiClWe2020: pp.67-71 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini in Argentina]
- Danzig1993: pp.238 ( Adult (F) ) [world]
- Balach1951: pp.579 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]
- Ferris1943: pp.64 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- Ferris1942: pp.36 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female circular, rather flat, brown, exuviae central, with a quite distinct, black ventral scale. Scale of the male somewhat elongate, brown (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of the female by Newstead (1901a), Ferris (1941d) and by Balachowsky (1951).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1951: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 586-589
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 41-42
- Borchs1966: catalog, 346
- ClapsWoGo2001a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 10
- Danzig1993: taxonomy, 238
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 174-175
- DeitzDa1986: taxonomy, 11,76
- Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 86
- Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 107
- Fernal1903b: 286
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 348
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 40
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:36
- Ferris1943: taxonomy, 64
- GranarCl2003: distribution, host, 625-637
- GranarCl2003: distribution, host, 625-637
- Houser1918: distribution, host, 169
- Lindin1935: taxonomy, 149
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 550
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 418
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 53
- McKenz1947: taxonomy, 33
- MerrilCh1923: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 250-251
- MillerDaSt1984: taxonomy, 95
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 53
- Newste1901a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 81
- SchneiClWe2020: key, 68
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 217
