Valid Names Results

Aspidaspis densiflorae (Bremner, 1907) (Diaspididae: Aspidaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus densiflorae Bremner 1907: 366. Type data: USA: California, Mendocino County, on Quercus densiflora.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiella densiflorae (Bremner, 1907); MacGillivray 1921: 405. change of combination
• Aspidaspis densiflorae (Bremner, 1907); Ferris 1938a: 183. change of combination

Common Names

• tan oak scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

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

• Structure: Female scale snow-white in colour, varying in form from round to sub-oval, according to position on leaf, and slightly convex; exuviae situated a little to one side of centre; first larval skin light-yellow, second nearly white; length 1.5-2 mm. Male scale much smaller than female (1 mm), snow white in colour and oval in form (Bremner, 1907). Scale of female almost white, quite convex; that of the male almost blue-gray, elongate oval (Ferris, 1938a).
• Biology: Apparently confined to the leaves (Ferris, 1938a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Bremner (1907), Ferris (1920b, 1938a), McKenzie (1956) and by Gill (1997).

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