Valid Names Results
Aspidiotus simulans De Lotto, 1957 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus simulans De Lotto 1957: 228. Type data: KENYA: Nairobi, on leaves of Ficus vallis-choudae.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 10 | Genera: 13
- Apocynaceae
- Acokanthera oppositifolia | DeLott1957
- Acokanthera schimperi | DeLott1957
- Nerium oleander | DeLott1957
- Bignoniaceae
- Markhamia lutea | DeLott1957 | (=Markhamia platycalyx)
- Boraginaceae
- Ehretia cymosa | DeLott1957 | (=Ehretia silvatica)
- Canellaceae
- Warburgia stuhlmannii | DeLott1957
- Celastraceae
- Elaeodendron | BrownDe1959 DeLott1957
- Gymnosporia | BrownDe1959
- Fabaceae
- Ceratonia siliqua | DeLott1957
- Dalbergia | DeLott1957
- Moraceae
- Ficus vallis-choudae | DeLott1957
- Musaceae
- Musa paradisiaca | DeLott1957
- Rubiaceae
- Rytigynia uhligii | DeLott1957 | (=Rytigynia schumannii)
- Salicaceae
- Dovyalis caffra | DeLott1957
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Kenya | BrownDe1959 DeLott1957
Keys
- DeLott1957: pp.228 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of female extremely thin and transparent; dirty white or pale brown in colour; low convex; exuviae golden yellow, central; diameter up to 2 mm. Scale of male elongate, white, up to 1.2 mm. in length (De Lotto, 1957).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by De Lotto (1957).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 235-236
- Borchs1966: catalog, 267
- BrownDe1959: chromosome, distribution, host, structure, taxonomy, 369-379
- DeLott1957: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 227-228
- Nur1990a: chromosomes, structure, taxonomy, 186
- Trembl1990a: anatomy, structure, 275-283
- Watson2021: distribution, 523
