Valid Names Results
Aspidaspis arctostaphyli (Cockerell & Robbins, 1909) (Diaspididae: Aspidaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus arctostaphyli Cockerell & Robbins 1909a: 104. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Tehama Co., Red Bluff, on Arctostaphylos viscida.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Aspidiella arctostaphyli (Cockerell & Robbins, 1909); MacGillivray 1921: 404. change of combination
- Aspidaspis arctostaphyli (Cockerell & Robbins, 1909); Ferris 1938a: 182. change of combination
- Aspidaspis arctoshaphyli (Cockerell & Robbins, 1909); Borchsenius 1966: 383. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- Arctostaphylis scale McKenz1956
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 4
- Ericaceae
- Arbutus menziesii | Ferris1938a McKenz1956
- Arctostaphylos | Ferris1920b
- Arctostaphylos glauca | Ferris1938a McKenz1956
- Arctostaphylos manzanita | Ferris1938a McKenz1956
- Arctostaphylos viscida | CockerRo1909aWW Ferris1938a McKenz1956
- Lauraceae
- Umbellularia californica | Ferris1938a McKenz1956
- Poaceae
- Stenotaphrum secundatum | Martor1976
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | ColonFMe1998 Martor1976
- United States
- California | Ferris1920b McKenz1956
- Nevada | NormarOkMo2019
- Oregon | Ferris1938a SchuhMo1948
Keys
- Gill1997: pp.58-59 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
- McKenz1956: pp.24 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
- Ferris1942: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Systematics: Aspidaspis arctostaphyli is a problematic species within the Diaspidiotus clade illustrated in Schneider, et al., 2018.
- Structure: Scale of the female quite flat, circular, rather brownish, darker centrally, exuviae central or subcentral; scale of the male elongate oval, quite dark (Ferris, 1938a). Color photograph by Gill (1997).
- Biology: Occurring either on twigs or leaves, apparently more commonly on the later (Ferris, 1938a).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Cockerell & Robbins (1909a), Ferris (1920b, 1938a), McKenzie (1956), Gill (1997) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 145-146
- Borchs1966: catalog, 302-303,383
- CockerRo1909aWW: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 104-105
- ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 40
- Ferris1920b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 48-49
- Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 182
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 41
- Ferris1942: distribution, host, taxonomy, 445:9;446:30
- Gill1997: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 59-60
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 545
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 404
- Martor1976: distribution, host, 250
- McKenz1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 43-45
- MullenScNo2016: DNA sequencing, genetics, 208
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 11
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 12, S5, S6
- RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
- Sassce1911: taxonomy, 69
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogenetics, phylogeny,
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- SchuhMo1948: control, distribution, host,
- Willia1985a: catalog, taxonomy, 232
