Valid Names Results

Aspidiella phragmitis (Takahashi, 1931) (Diaspididae: Aspidiella)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus phragmitis Takahashi 1931: 4. Type data: TAIWAN: Suo, Daichikko near Daibu, on Phragmites sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus miscanthii Kuwana 1931b: 169. Type data: RYUKU ISLANDS: Amami-Oshima, Nase, on Miscanthus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Ibaraki-ken: Insect Taxonomy Laboratory, National Institute of Agricultural Environmental Sciences, Kannon-dai, Yatabe, Tsukuba-shi, (Kuwana), Japan; junior synonym (discovered by Takaha1933, 54). Illustr.
• Aspidiotus mithcanthii Kuwana, 1931; Kuwana 1933: 2,14. misspelling of species epithet
• Aspidiella phragmitis (Takahashi, 1931); Ferris 1941e: 47. change of combination
• Chortinaspis phragmitis (Takahashi, 1931); Borchsenius 1966: 280. change of combination
• Aspidiella phragmitis (Takahashi, 1931); Danzig & Pellizzari 1998: 186. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• TanakaKa2021: pp.573 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiella. in Japan]
• Chou1985: pp.279 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of China]
• Kuwana1933: pp.2 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]
• Kuwana1933b: pp.49 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the adult female white, somewhat grayish, not transparent, scarcely convex, about 1.5 mm. in diameter. Larval skins yellowish brown, shining, covered with white secretion (Takahashi, 1931).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Takahashi (1931b), Kuwana (1933) and by Takagi (1958).

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