Valid Names Results

Acutaspis decorosa Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Acutaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Acutaspis decorosa Ferris 1941d: 331. Type data: MEXICO: off the west coast of Mexico, Maria Madre Island, on Tillandsia fasciculata.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Ferris1942: pp.28 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: The scale of the female more or less buried under the epidermis of the leaf, of a pale brown color. Scale of the male not recognized (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring on the leaves (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the female by Ferris (1941d).

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