Valid Names Results
Aspidiella sacchari (Cockerell, 1893) (Diaspididae: Aspidiella)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus sacchari Cockerell 1893j: 255. Type data: JAMAICA: Kingston, on sugar-cane.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
- Aspidiotus (Aspidiotus) sacchari Cockerell, 1893; Cockerell 1897i: 25. change of combination
- Aspidiotus (Aspidiella) sacchari Cockerell, 1893; Leonardi 1898a: 72. change of combination
- Aspidiella sacchari (Cockerell, 1893); MacGillivray 1921: 405. change of combination
- Targionia sacchari (Cockerell, 1893); Merrill & Chaffin 1923: 253-254. change of combination
- Targionia (Aspidiella) sacchari (Cockerell, 1893); Merrill 1953: 81. change of combination
- Aspidiella sacchari (Cockerell, 1893); Borchsenius 1966: 244. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- sugar cane root scale SchmutKlLu1957
- sugarcane scale Dekle1965c MillerDa2005
- escama de la caña de azúcar WatsonKo2022a
- Zuckerrohrwurzel-schildlaus WatsonKo2022a
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 6 | Genera: 19
- Araceae
- Alocasia | WilliaWa1988
- Arecaceae
- Cocos nucifera | ZarkanApTu2021
- Cannaceae
- Canna | ZarkanApTu2021
- Costaceae
- Costus | ZarkanApTu2021
- Poaceae
- Brachiaria mollis | Houser1918
- Brachiaria mutica | MatileEt2006 WilliaWa1988
- Coix lacryma-jobi | Houser1918
- Cymbopogon citratus | Martor1976
- Cymbopogon martini | Matile1978
- Cynodon dactylon | Borchs1966 Dekle1965c Mamet1943a Mamet1949 Takaha1941b
- Eremochloa ophiuroides | BesheaTiHo1973 Dekle1965c
- Gynerium sagittatum | Balach1959a
- Ischaemum | WilliaWa1988
- Panicum | Laing1929a
- Panicum maximum | MatileEt2006
- Paspalum | Martor1976
- Paspalum fimbriatum | MatileEt2006
- Paspalum vaginatum | Mamet1941a
- Pennisetum purpureum | Balach1959a
- Poaceae | BesheaTiHo1973 GomezM1941 WilliaWa1988
- Saccharum | Dekle1965c
- Saccharum officinarum | Cocker1893j Ferris1955c GomezM1941 WilliaWa1988 MacharKiHe2021
- Sporobolus | Beards1966
- Stenotaphrum | Mamet1957
- Stenotaphrum dimidiatum | Borchs1966 Mamet1943a Mamet1949
- Stenotaphrum micranthum | Borchs1966 Mamet1941a
- Stenotaphrum secundatum | Dekle1965c
- Salicaceae
- Casearia aculeata | MestreHaEv2011
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Phlaeothripidae
- Podothrips semiflavus | PalmerMo1990
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 41
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Antigua | WalkerWaEv1974
- Bahamas | Nakaha1982
- Barbados | WatsonKo2022a
- China
- Yunnan | Ferris1955c
- Colombia | Balach1959a Kondo2001
- Comoros | Matile1978
- Cook Islands | WilliaWa1988
- Cuba | Houser1918 MestreHaEv2011
- Dominica | WatsonKo2022a
- Dominican Republic | WatsonKo2022a
- Federated States of Micronesia | Takaha1936c Takaha1941b
- Fiji | HodgsoLa2011 Nakaha1982
- Guadeloupe | Balach1957c MatileEt2006
- Guam | Nakaha1982
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | Nakaha1982
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- Indonesia | Nakaha1982
- Jamaica | Cocker1893j Ferris1938a Laing1929a
- Kenya | MacharKiHe2021
- Liberia | Nakaha1982
- Madagascar | Nakaha1982
- Malaysia | Nakaha1982
- Marshall Islands | Beards1966
- Martinique | Balach1957c MatileEt2006
- Mauritius | Mamet1941a Mamet1949
- Mexico | Nakaha1982
- Jalisco | NormarOkMo2019
- Nigeria | Nakaha1982
- Pakistan | Nakaha1982
- Palau | Beards1966
- Panama | Ferris1942 Ferris1955c
- Papua New Guinea | WilliaWa1988
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | Martor1976 VanDin1913
- Reunion | GermaiMiPa2014 Mamet1957
- Rodriques Island | Nakaha1982
- Saint Croix | Beatty1944
- Sierra Leone | Hargre1937
- Solomon Islands | WilliaWa1988
- Sri Lanka | Ferris1938a Green1922
- U.S. Virgin Islands | Nakaha1983
- United States
- Alabama | WaltmaRaWi2016
- Florida | BesheaTiHo1973 Dekle1965c Ferris1938a MerrilCh1923
- Texas | McDani1968
- Western Samoa | WilliaWa1988
Keys
- WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
- MillerDa2005: pp.29-30 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales]
- WilliaWa1988: pp.44 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific]
- Chou1985: pp.254 ( Adult (F) ) [China]
- Beards1966: pp.512 ( Adult (F) ) [Federated States of Micronesia]
- Ferris1942: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female pale brown, circular, thin, flat, exuviae central; that of the male elongate, exuvia apical (Ferris, 1938a). Scale cover of adult female circular and not very convex, opaque greyish brown to purplish brown, with central to subcentral exuviae either covered in wax or yellowish if exposed. Scale cover of immature male similar to that of adult female but smaller and elongate oval, with apical yellow exuviae. Exposed adult female and eggs white. (Watson & Kondo, 2022a)
- Biology: Occurring on the stems and beneath the sheathing bases of the leaves (Ferris, 1938a).
- Economic Importance: This species is distributed in many sugarcane-growing areas of the world (see Distribution), and considered a pest of sugarcane (Schmutterer et al., 1957; Williams & Watson, 1988; Williams & Greathead, 1990).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Laing (1929a), Ferris (1938a), Balachowsky (1958b), Chou (1985, 1986), Williams & Watson (1988) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998).
Illustrations
Citations
- AndersWuGr2010: molecular data, 992-1003
- Balach1957c: distribution, host, 200
- Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 284,286-287
- Balach1959a: distribution, host, 362
- Ballou1912: control, distribution, economic importance, host,
- Beards1966: distribution, host, 512
- BeardsDaHo1976: economic importance, 106
- Beatty1944: distribution, host, 114-172
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 154-156
- Bodkin1913: distribution, host, 29-32
- Borchs1966: catalog, 244
- Bourne1921: distribution, economic importance, host,
- Box1953: biological control, distribution, host, 51
- Chou1985: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 254-255
- Chou1986: illustration, taxonomy, 655
- Cocker1893j: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 255-256
- Cocker1896b: distribution, 334
- Cocker1897i: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 25
- Cocker1897l: distribution, host, 150
- ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 42-43
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 186
- Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 26
- Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 38
- FDACSB1982: distribution, host, 5-11
- Fernal1903b: 278
- Ferris1937c: illustration, taxonomy, 50,61
- Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 189
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 48
- Ferris1942: distribution, host, taxonomy, 446:9;446:30
- Ferris1943a: taxonomy, 86
- Ferris1955c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 33
- GermaiMiPa2014: distribution, 22
- GomezM1941: distribution, host, 128
- Gowdey1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 30
- Green1922: distribution, host, 463
- GruwelMoNo2007: endosymbionts, taxonomy, 267-280
- Hargre1937: distribution, economic importance, host, 505-520
- HodgsoLa2011: distribution, host, 22
- Houser1918: distribution, host, 167
- Hutson1916: distribution, host, 426
- Jayant1999: distribution, host, 76
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 43
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 14
- Laing1929a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 490-491
- Leonar1897: taxonomy, 285
- Leonar1898a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 72-73
- Lepesm1947: distribution, host, 214
- Lindin1909c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 449
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 405
- MacharKiHe2021: distribution, host, 4
- Mamet1941a: distribution, host, 40
- Mamet1943a: 156
- Mamet1949: catalog, 54
- Mamet1957: distribution, host, 369,375
- Martor1976: distribution, host, 13,192
- Matile1978: distribution, host, 61
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 168
- Maxwel1903: distribution, host, taxonomy, 41
- McDani1968: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 216-217
- Merril1953: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 81
- Merril1953: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy,
- MerrilCh1923: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 253-254
- MestreHaEv2011: distribution, host, 10
- Meurge2011: distribution, 80
- MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 300
- MillerDa2005: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 65-67
- Moore1915: distribution, host, 305-310
- MorseNo2006: molecular biology, phylogeny, 338-349
- MoutiaMa1947: distribution,
- MullenScNo2016: DNA sequencing, genetics, 208
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 12
- Nakaha1983: distribution, host, 9
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, morphology, phylogeny, taxonomy, 13, 83, S1, S6
- PalmerMo1990: biological control, 67-76
- PerezG2008: distribution, 214
- RiherdCh1952: control, distribution, economic importance, host, 1-5
- RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
- RugmanAnMo2010: molecular data, phylogenetics, taxonomy, 30-38
- Sassce1923: distribution, host, 152-158
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 494
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
- Takaha1931: distribution, host, taxonomy, 5
- Takaha1936c: distribution, host, 118
- Takaha1939b: taxonomy, 272
- Takaha1940a: taxonomy, 332
- Takaha1941b: distribution, host, 220
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 72
- VanDin1913: distribution, host, 251-257
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 22
- WalkerWaEv1974: distribution, host, 25
- WaltmaRaWi2016: distribution, 231
- Watson2001: list, 177
- Watson2001: list, 177
- Watson2021: distribution, 523
- WatsonKo2022a: biology, control, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 441-442
- WeiScNo2021: key, 18
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 231
- WilliaGr1990: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 563-578
- WilliaWa1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 46-47
- Wilson1921: distribution, host, 20-34
- WoodruBeSk1998: distribution,
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 161
