Valid Names Results

Acutaspis reniformis (Cockerell, 1897) (Diaspididae: Acutaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus reniformis Cockerell 1897u: 265. Type data: MEXICO: Michoacan, Tehuantepec City, on under sides of entire, lanceolate leaves (about 60 mm long); collected by Townsend.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) reniformis Cockerell, 1897; Cockerell 1897i: 24. change of combination
• Chrysomphalus reniformis (Cockerell, 1897); Cockerell 1899a: 396. change of combination
• Acutaspis reniformis (Cockerell, 1897); Ferris 1941d: 333. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• SchneiClWe2020: pp.67-71 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini in Argentina]
• Ferris1942: pp.29 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Cocker1905: pp.45-46 ( Adult (F) ) [Mexico]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, diameter 2 mm, flat, pale reddish-brown; exuviae concolorous or slightly darker, covered, but both skins very distinctly visible, large, laterad of the middle. First skin when rubbed shining coppery (Cockerell, 1897u). Scale of the female circular, flat, pale reddish brown or straw color; that of the male slightly elongate, similar in color to that of the female (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring on the leaves (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d).

Illustrations

Citations