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Aspidiotus cerasi Fitch, 1857 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Aspidiotus cerasi Fitch 1857a: 368. Type data: U.S.A.: New York State, on bark of choke cherry; No. 15.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Albany: New York State Museum Insect Collection, New York, USA; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Aspidiotus cerasi; Fernald 1903b: 217. incorrect synonymy Notes: Fernald (1903b: 217) incorrectly synonymized Aspidiotus cerasi Fitch with Chionaspis furfura (Fitch), whereas Borchsenius (1966: 368) regarded the former a valid species.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Aspidiotus cerasi Fitch was synonymized with Chionaspis furfura (Fitch) by Fernald (1903b: 217), whereas Borchsenius (1966: 368) regarded it as a valid species.
Structure: Fitch (1857a) described this species as follows:" In winter, on the bark of the choke cherry, little roundish white wax-like blisters, scarcely perceptible to the naked eye, containing beneath them in an open cavity a cluster of minute dull red or resin-like eggs."