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Aspidiotus kennedyae (Boisduval, 1867) (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Chermes kennedyae Boisduval 1867: 326. Type data: FRANCE: on "glycine" [=Kennedya], imported from Nouvelle-Hollande [=AUSTRALIA].. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type material probably lost; Daniele Matile-Ferrero, 1998, personal communication to Yair Ben-Dov.
Aspidiotus kennedyae (Boisduval, 1867); Signoret 1869b: 124. change of combination
Aspidiotus (Aspidiotus) kennedyae (Boisduval, 1867); Cockerell 1897i: 29. change of combination
Aspidiotus kennedyae (Boisduval, 1867); Borchsenius 1966: 369. revived combination (previously published)

Countries: 1

Structure: Boisduval (1867) described this species as follows: "This insect is a pest of certain climbing ornamentals from New Holland [=New York] currently placed under the name Kennedya [=Kennedia]. It resembles very much that of oleander, but it is slightly orange brown. It could be simply a variety of this. It infests, like that insect of the date palm, on the lower surface of leaves, and later both surfaces. This is the reason that certain gardners, abandoned Kennedya culture, because it is very susceptible to plant sucking insects. It would be necessary, according to the example of Bouche, to start to study especially on the biology of scale insects and study the male, in order to establish that this [Chermes kennedyae] constitutes a distinct species."