Valid Names Results

Aonidomytilus albus (Cockerell, 1893) (Diaspididae: Aonidomytilus)

Nomenclatural History

Mytilaspis albus Cockerell 1893p: 156-157. Type data: JAMAICA: Kingston, East Street, on Malvaceae, by T.D.A. Cockerell. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Mytilaspis albus Cockerell 1893j: 256. nomen nudum (discovered by Cocker1893p, 156). Illustr.
Mytilaspis alba Cockerell, 1893; Cockerell 1897g: 109. emendation that is justified (discovered by Borchs1966, 40).
Lepidosaphes alba (Cockerell, 1893); Fernald 1903b: 304. change of combination
Coccomytilus albus (Cockerell, 1893); Leonardi 1904: 10, 17. change of combination
Lepidosaphes cockerelliana Kirkaldy 1904a: 257. replacement name that is unjustified (discovered by Sander1906, 16). Replacement name for Mytilaspis albus Cockerell, nec Maskell, 1896
Mytilaspis coccomytibus dispar Vayssière 1913a: 124. Type data: MADAGASCAR: on Manihot sp., 1912. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by Ferris1941d, SIII-271). Notes: Vayssière misspelled Coccomytilus as Coccymytibus.
Mytilaspis (Coccomytilus) dispar Vayssière, 1913; Vayssière 1914a: 208. change of combination
Lepidosaphes dispar (Vayssière, 1913); Sasscer 1915: 37. change of combination
Coccomytilus dispar (Vayssière, 1913); Takahashi 1935a: 444. change of combination
Aonidomytilus albus (Cockerell, 1893); Ferris 1941d: 271. change of combination
Mytilococcus albus (Cockerell, 1893); Lindinger 1943a: 149. change of combination
Lepidosaphes (Aonidomytilus) albus (Cockerell, 1893); Merrill 1953: 52. change of combination
Aonidomytilus albus (Cockerell, 1893); Borchsenius 1966: 40. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 12 | Genera: 18

Amaranthaceae

Atriplex | Watson2002a
Suaeda | Watson2002a

Anacardiaceae

Mangifera indica | Watson2002a

Asteraceae

Chrysanthemum | Watson2002a
Flourensia | Watson2002a

Cactaceae

Harrisia | Watson2002a

Caricaceae

Carica papaya | NakahaMi1981

Cucurbitaceae

Sechium | Watson2002a

Euphorbiaceae

Croton bonplandianus | SankarNaNa1984
Jatropha | Ballou1926
Jatropha gossypifolia | Reyne1964
Manihot esculenta | Ali1970 Ferris1941d GermaiDeLa2016 LepageGi1942 | (= Manihot aipi) (= Manihot utilissima)

Fabaceae

Mimosa | Watson2002a

Lamiaceae

Salvia | Dekle1965c

Malvaceae

Malvaceae | Cocker1893p
Malvastrum americanum | Ballou1926
Sida spinosa | Dekle1965c | (= Sida carpinifolia)

Passifloraceae

Turnera ulmifolia | Dekle1965c

Solanaceae

Solanum | Cocker1899n
Solanum melongena | Hua2000
Solanum torvum | SankarNaNa1984

Foes:

Families: 6 | Genera: 8

Aphelinidae

Aphytis chrysomphali | DeSant1979
Aphytis diaspidis | Dozier1933 | (= Aphytis fuscipennis)
Aphytis lingnanensis | SankarNaNa1984
Encarsia aurantii | Fulmek1943 | (= Prospaltella aurantii)

Clavicipitaceae

Aschersonia | Mosque1976

Coccinellidae

Chilocorus distigma | VeseyF1938
Pharoscymnus horni | SankarNaNa1984

Cybocephalidae

Cybocephalus | SchmutPiKl1978

Nectriaceae

Microcera coccophila | Pulsel1927

Signiphoridae

Signiphora aspidioti | Mosque1976
Signiphora coquilletti | Mosque1976
Signiphora fax | Dozier1933 | (= Thysanus insularis)
Signiphora maculata | DeSant1979 | (= Thysanus maculata)
Signiphora mexicana | Mosque1976 | (= Chartocerus mexicanus)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 46

Angola | FerraoCa1972

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua | WoodruBeSk1998
Barbuda | WoodruBeSk1998

Argentina | ClapsGo1995

San Juan | Ferris1943

Aruba | Reyne1964

Bahamas | Fernal1903b

Barbados | Tucker1952

Brazil

Amazonas | MartinFoCu2015
Bahia | SilvadGoGa1968
Paraiba | LepageGi1942
Rio Grande do Sul | SilvadGoGa1968

British Virgin Islands | WoodruBeSk1998

Cape Verde | LagowsGoHo2022

China

Hainan | Tao1999
Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | Takagi1970

Colombia | Kondo2001

Cuba | Ballou1923

Dominica | WoodruBeSk1998

Dominican Republic | GomezM1941

Ghana | Waters1940

Grenada | WoodruBeSk1998

Guadeloupe | WoodruBeSk1998

Guiana | WoodruBeSk1998

Guyana (=British Guiana) | WoodruBeSk1998

Haiti | Dozier1933

India | SankarNaNa1984

Tamil Nadu | AnantaSuMu1957

Jamaica | Cocker1893j Kondo2001

Kenya | DeLott1967a

Madagascar | Frappa1931

Malawi | Lee1971

Malaysia

Malaya | Takaha1942

Martinique | WoodruBeSk1998

Mauritius | Mamet1954a WilliaWi1988

Mexico | Cocker1899n

Oaxaca | Ferris1941d
Tabasco | UriasLCa1983

Montserrat | WoodruBeSk1998

Mozambique | Almeid1971

Netherlands | JansenAl2023

Nigeria | Medler1980

Puerto Rico & Vieques Island

Puerto Rico | ColonFMe1998 WoodruBeSk1998
Vieques Island | NakahaMi1981

Saint Croix | MiskimBo1970

Saint Kitts and Nevis Islands

Nevis | WoodruBeSk1998
Saint Kitts | Sassce1920

Saint Lucia | WoodruBeSk1998

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | WoodruBeSk1998

Somalia | DeLott1967a

Sri Lanka | WilliaWi1988

Taiwan | Takaha1935a

Tanzania | Harris1937

Trinidad and Tobago

Tobago | WoodruBeSk1998
Trinidad | WoodruBeSk1998

U.S. Virgin Islands | Nakaha1983

Uganda | DeLott1967a

United States

Florida | Cocker1898p
New Mexico | Cocker1893v

Keys

Ferris1943: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Revised key to the species of Aonidomytilus]
Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:48 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Aonidomytilus]
MacGil1921: pp.293 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Coccomytilus] Key as: Coccomytilus albus
Leonar1903: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the genus Coccomytilus] Key as: Coccomytilus albus

Remarks

Systematics: Kirkaldy (1904) proposed a new name cockerelliana for albus of Cockerell (1893) on the ground that it was preoccupied by Mytilaspis alba Maskell. Since albus of Cockerell was described in 1893 and alba of Maskell is 1896, the change is invalid. This species resembles A. solidaginis, but is readily recognizable by the entire absence of the perivulvar pores and the low pygidial lobes (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Scale of female slightly brown in color. Adult female about 2mm long, quite slender; derm at maturity apparently remaining membranous except for the pygidium (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: Eggs hatch in four days. Crawlers become adults in 20 to 25 days. Females begin to lay eggs about two days after reaching maturity (Anantanarayanan et al., 1957).
Economic Importance: This species is a serious pest to cassava (Bellotti, 1978). Miller & Davidson (1990) also list this insect as a pest.
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).

Illustrations

Citations

AlayoS1976: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 10
Ali1970: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 12
Almeid1971: distribution, 8
AmunCl2015: distribution, host, 3
AnantaSuMu1957: chemical control, distribution, host, illustration, life history, 281-286
Ballou1923: distribution, 86
Ballou1926: catalog, distribution, host, 27
Beatty1944: distribution, host, 127
Bellot1978: economic importance, host, 32
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
Bruner1930: distribution, 17
BrunerScOt1945: catalog, 108
Cardin1915: distribution, host, 146
Chou1982: description, distribution, taxonomy, 187-188
Chou1986: illustration, 596
Cocker1893j: distribution, 256
Cocker1893p: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 156-157
Cocker1893v: distribution, host, 151
Cocker1894d: distribution, 312
Cocker1896b: taxonomy, 336
Cocker1897g: description, distribution, host, 109
Cocker1898p: distribution, 263
Cocker1899n: distribution, host, 32
CockerRo1915a: taxonomy, 426
ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85-86
CorseuSi1971: distribution, host, taxonomy, 109
DeLott1967a: distribution, host, 116
DeSant1979: biological control, 249, 311-312, 330
Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 9, 23
Dozier1933: biological control, distribution, host, 89, 99
Fauche1914: distribution, host, 62-63
Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 304-305
FerraoCa1972: distribution, host, 7
Ferris1937: distribution, taxonomy, SI-5
Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SIII-271
Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-385, SIV-446:48
Ferris1943: distribution, host, taxonomy, 74, 75
Foldi1988: distribution, host, taxonomy, 85
Frappa1931: distribution, host, 188-189
Frappa1938: distribution, host, 21-23
Fulmek1943: biological control, catalog, distribution, 52
GermaiDeLa2016: host, list of species, 2
Giraul1913: biological control, distribution, 222
GomesC1949: distribution, host, 38-39
GomesC1958: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 107-108
GomezM1941: distribution, host, 126
Gowdey1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 34, 38
Gowdey1926: distribution, host, 50
GreathPo1977: biological control, distribution, 268
Hall1946a: taxonomy, 503, 508, 548, 549
Harris1937: distribution, host, 486
Harris1937a: distribution, host, 91, 93
HertinSi1972: biological control, 176
Hua2000: distribution, host, taxonomy, 147
JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 33
Kirkal1904a: taxonomy, 257
Kondo2001: distribution, host, 43
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 13
LagowsGoHo2022: distribution, host, list, 9
LalPi1981: distribution, host, illustration, 481, 482-484
Lamb1974: distribution, host, 41
Lee1971: distribution, host, 39
Leonar1903: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 10, 17-18
LepageGi1942: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 447-448, 458
Lindin1943a: taxonomy, 149
Lindin1957: taxonomy, 545
Lindin1958: taxonomy, 366
LozanoToCa1977: distribution, host, illustration, 21
MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 293
Malump2014a: distribution, host, 73-74
Mamet1943a: distribution, host, 156
Mamet1950: distribution, taxonomy, 20
Mamet1954: distribution, host, 15
Mamet1954a: distribution, taxonomy, 262
Mamet1959a: distribution, host, 379
MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, host, 38
Maxwel1902: distribution, 253, 298
Medler1980: distribution, 88
Merril1953: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 52-53
MerrilCh1923: description, distribution, host, 239
Miller2005: distribution, 485
MillerDa1990: economic importance, 300
MiskimBo1970: distribution, 31
Mosque1976: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 21-22, 82
MuseWi1984: taxonomy, 375, 376
Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 9
Nakaha1983: distribution, host, 8
NakahaMi1981: distribution, host, 32
Newell1921: distribution, host, 59
PerezG2008: distribution, 215
PooleGe1997: distribution, 346
RaeliaFe2008: description, 72-73
RaoPi1972: chemical control, distribution, host, 181-182
Reyne1964: distribution, host, 97
Ruhl1914: 38
Sander1906: catalog, taxonomy, 16
Sankar1984: taxonomy, 1, 42
SankarNaNa1984: biological control, distribution, host, 409
Sassce1915: distribution, host, 37
Sassce1920: distribution, host, 184
Sassce1923: distribution, host, 155
SchmutPiKl1978: biological control, distribution, 331
SilvaMaCo1981: chemical control, description, distribution, 8-9
SilvadGoGa1968: catalog, distribution, host, 172
SivagaNa1967: chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, 325-327
SureshMo1996: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 246-247
Swaine1950: chemical control, distribution, host, illustration, life history, 90-93
Takagi1970: distribution, host, 134
Takaha1935a: description, distribution, host, 444
Takaha1942: distribution, host, 68
Tao1978: distribution, host, taxonomy, 96
Tao1999: distribution, host, 72
TokunaSeUt2018: distribution, host, 143
Tucker1952: distribution, host, 338
UriasLCa1983: distribution, economic importance, host, 67
Vargas1978: distribution, host, 200-201
Varshn2002: distribution, host, 45
Vayssi1913a: description, distribution, host, 124
Vayssi1914a: distribution, host, 208
Vayssi1915: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 300-301
VeseyF1938: biological control, 188
Videir1971: chemical control, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 3-7
WalkerWaEv1974: distribution, host, 11
Waters1940: distribution, host, 3
Watson2001: list, 177
Watson2002: taxonomy, 117
Watson2002a: biological control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy,
Watson2002a: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy,
Watson2021: distribution, 523
Westco1973: distribution, host, 393-394
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 217, 222
WilliaWi1988: distribution, taxonomy, 61
Wilson1917: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 34-35
Wilson1921: distribution, host, 25
Wilson1922: distribution, host, 13
WoodruBeSk1998: distribution, taxonomy, 106
Yang1982: taxonomy, 212
YunusHo1980: distribution, host, 33