Valid Names Results

Aspidiotus brachystegiae Hall, 1928 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus brachystegiae Hall 1928: 271. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Mazoe, on smaller branches of Brachystegia flagristipulata.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Balach1956: pp.51 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of adult female more or less circular and semi-transparent; colour dull brown, paler at the margin, with a reddish brown tinge in some examples; diameter 1.0-1.75 mm. Male scale pale brown in colour and of the usual form; exuviae yellow, with conspicuous broad median longitudinal reddish brown stripe (Hall, 1928).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1928) and by Balachowsky (1956).

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