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Aspidiotus circularis Fitch, 1857 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus circularis Fitch 1857b: 426. Type data: USA: New York, gardens of the city of Albany, on currant [=Ribes] stalks.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: New York: American Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology Collection, New York, USA; accepted valid name

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Fitch (1857b) described this species as follows: "On the bark of currant stalks in gardens of the city of Albany early in the spring, I have observed a minute circular flat scale only 0.03 inch diameter, similar to a species named Aspidiotus nerii but differently colored, being of the same blackish brown hue with the surrounding bark and having in the centre a smooth round wart-like elevation of a pale yellow color".

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