Valid Names Results

Andaspis leucophleae Rao in Rao & Ferris, 1952 (Diaspididae: Andaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes leucophlaeae Ramakrishna Ayyar 1924: 341. nomen nudum (discovered by RaoFe1952, 21).
• Andaspis leucophleae Rao in Rao & Ferris 1952: 21. Type data: INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, on Acacia leucophleae, A. arabica and Punica granatum, by Rao. Unknown type status, unknown, Type depository: New Delhi: Division of Entomology, National Pusa Collections, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India; accepted valid name Notes: This was originally a manuscript name by E.E. Green. (Williams, 2017)
• Raoaspis leucophleae (Rao in Rao & Ferris, 1952); Borchsenius 1967: 729. change of combination Notes: Takagi (1970) synonymized the genus Raoaspis Borchsenius with Andaspis MacGillvray creating the combination Andaspis leucophleae.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Matile1988: pp.30 ( ) [Key to species of Andaspis on Leguminosae]
• Borchs1967: pp.724 ( ) [Key to species of Indian Raoaspis] Key as: Raoaspis leucophleae
• Willia1963b: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Andaspis]
• RaoFe1952: pp.22 ( ) [Key to species of Andaspis]

Remarks

• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Rao & Ferris (1952).

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