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Aonidomytilus solidaginis (Hoke, 1927) (Diaspididae: Aonidomytilus)

Nomenclatural History

• Lepidosaphes solidaginis Hoke 1927: 354-355. Type data: UNITED STATES: Alabama, Pickens County, on Solidago sp., 08/09/1925, by G.F. Arnold. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Mississippi State (Starkeville): Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA.; accepted valid name Notes: Paratype in USNM. Illustr.
• Aonidomytilus solidaginis (Hoke, 1927); Ferris 1938a: 137. change of combination
• Lepidosaphes (Aonidomytilus) solidaginis Hoke, 1927; Merrill 1953: 58. change of combination
• Aonidomytilus solidaginis (Hoke, 1927); Borchsenius 1966: 42. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• goldenrod scale Dekle1965c

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 8 | Genera: 13

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Koszta1996: pp.421 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Aonidomytilus of Northeastern North America]
• Ferris1943: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Revised key to the species of Aonidomytilus]
• Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:48 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Aonidomytilus]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is close to A. multiglandulatus (=A. crookiae) (Kosztarab, 1963). Aonidomytilus solidaginis can be distinguished by its exceedingly long plates between the median lobes, the presence of only one plate in the second and in the third space, the chitinized and dentate lobes, the large number of anterior and posterior spiracular pores, and the presence of grouped macroducts on the ventral surface (Hoke, 1927).
• Structure: Scale of female variable, yellowish white in color, usually about 2mm long, convex, first exuviae small, long and narrow. Scale of male similar to female, but usually 1mm long (Hoke, 1927).
• Biology: Males develop on leaves only. Overwintering females in Alabama lay eggs in mid-March. Possibly active throughout the year in southern Florida (Kosztarab, 1996).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Hoke (1927).

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