Valid Names Results
Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval, 1869) (Asterolecaniidae: Bambusaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Asterolecanium bambusae Boisduval 1869: 261. Type data: ALGERIA: Alger, Hamma, on Bambusa arundinacea and on Bambusa distorta. Syntypes, female, by original designation Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name
- Asterolecanium bambusae Boisduval, 1869; Signoret 1870a: 270. change of combination
- Asterolecanium bambusae Boisduval, 1869; Maskell 1894: 94. change of combination
- Asterolecanium bambusae Boisduval, 1869; Cockerell 1896: 9. change of combination
- Asterolecanium bambusae bambusae Boisduval, 1869; Cockerell 1897p: 590. change of combination
- Planchonia (Asterolecanium) bambusae (Boisduval, 1869); Newstead 1897a: 75. change of combination
- Asterolecanium bambusae bambusulae Cockerell 1897p: 590. Type data: GRENADA: Botanic Gardens, on cultivated bamboo, collected 16 November, 1895, by W.E. Broadway.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Russel1941, 47).
- Planchonia bambusae (Boisduval, 1869); Grandpré & Charmoy 1899: 42. change of combination
- Planchonia bambusae (Boisduval, 1869); Hempel 1900a: 409. change of combination
- Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval, 1869); Borchsenius 1960d: 136. change of combination
- Bambusapis bambusae; Favret, et al. 2014: 70. misspelling of genus name
Common Names
- bamboo pit scale StumpfLa2006
- bamboo scale SchmutKlLu1957
- escama de flecos del bambú LambdiKo2022
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 8 | Genera: 19
- Caryophyllaceae
- Dianthus | Habib1957 TangHa1995
- Cupressaceae
- Platycladus orientalis | Habib1957 | (= Thuja orientalis)
- Ebenaceae
- Diospyros | Riddic1955
- Euphorbiaceae
- Acalypha | TangHa1995
- Acalypha marginata | Habib1957
- Acalypha wilkesiana | ZarkanApTu2021
- Feijoa
- Feijoa | Riddic1955
- Lauraceae
- Persea americana | Riddic1955
- Orchidaceae
- Orchidaceae | Habib1957
- Poaceae
- Arundinaria | Ferris1955a Gill1993 Russel1941 StumpfLa2006 WangZh1987
- Arundo donax | FaragAbZo1990 StumpfLa2006
- Bambusa | Bodenh1924 Brain1920 Cocker1897p GrandpCh1899 Hall1922 Laing1927 Pelliz2010 Ramakr1921a Riddic1955 Russel1941 StumpfLa2006 Takaha1929 Takaha1936c TangHa1995 Theoba1904 WangZh1987 WilliaWa1990 Zimmer1948
- Bambusa balcooa | Russel1941
- Bambusa bambos | Ballou1926 Boisdu1869 Russel1941 Signor1870a Theoba1904 | (= Bambusa arundinacea, Bambusa spinosa)
- Bambusa beecheyana | Ballou1926 Russel1941
- Bambusa blumeana | Russel1941 Takaha1929 | (= Bambusa stenostachya)
- Bambusa multiplex | Ballou1926 Russel1941 | (= Bambusa alphonse kurri, Bambusa argentea-striata, Bambusa multiplex disticha, Bambusa multiplex distincta, Bambusa nana)
- Bambusa oldhamii | Pelliz2010 | (= Dendrocalamus oldhamii)
- Bambusa tulda | Russel1941
- Bambusa ventricosa | JansenAl2023
- Bambusa viridis | Russel1941
- Bambusa vulgaris | Habib1957 KawaiMaUm1971 Russel1941 Varshn1992 WilliaWa1990 | (= Bambusa thouarsii)
- Dendrocalamus | Gill1993 WangZh1987
- Dendrocalamus asper | Russel1941 Varshn1992 | (= Giganthochloa aspera)
- Dendrocalamus giganteus | Habib1957 MohammMoMo1997 Varshn1992 WilliaWa1990
- Dendrocalamus latiflorus | Russel1941 Takaha1929
- Dendrocalamus macroculmis | Russel1941 | (= Bambusa macroculmis)
- Dendrocalamus strictus | Ballou1926 Russel1941 Signor1870 Varshn1992 | (= Bambusa stricta, Bambusa verticillata)
- Gigantochloa | Gill1993
- Gigantochloa levis | Russel1941 | (= Giganthochloa scribneriana)
- Guadua tagoara | Boisdu1869 Signor1870a | (= Bambusa distorta)
- Oxytenanthera | Gill1993 WangZh1987
- Oxytenanthera abyssinica | Russel1941
- Phyllostachys | Gill1993 Russel1941 WangZh1987
- Phyllostachys aurea | Russel1941 | (= Bambusa aurea, Bambusa aureo-striata)
- Pleioblastus | Russel1941
- Sasa palmata | Russel1941 | (= Bambusa palmata)
- Schizostachyum glaucifolium | StumpfLa2006
- Sphaerobambos philippinensis | Lit1997b | (= Sphaerobambus philippinensis)
Foes:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Coccinellidae
- Chilocorus bipustulatus | PriesnHo1940
- Phlaeothripidae
- Karnyothrips melaleucus | PriesnHo1940
- Stigmaeidae
- Agistemus | FaragAbZo1990
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 74
- Algeria | Boisdu1869 Green1937 MerrilCh1923 Russel1941
- Angola | Russel1941
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Antigua | Russel1941
- Argentina | Russel1941
- Salta | Lizery1938
- Australia | Russel1941
- Azores | FrancoRuMa2011
- Barbados | Russel1941
- Bermuda | Russel1941
- Bonin Islands (=Ogasawara-Gunto) | Kawai1987 KawaiMaUm1971
- Brazil | Green1937 MerrilCh1923 Russel1941
- Rio de Janeiro | Hempel1904 Lepage1938
- Sao Paulo | Lepage1938
- Canary Islands | PellizPo2017
- Cape Verde | Fernan1999 VanHarCoWi1990
- China | JansenAl2023 Yang1982
- Guangdong (=Kwangtung) | Russel1941 TangHa1995
- Guangxi (=Kwangsi) | Russel1941
- Heilongjiang (=HeilungKiang) | TangHa1995
- Yunnan | TangHa1995
- Colombia | Kondo2001
- Cook Islands | WilliaWa1990
- Costa Rica | JansenAl2023 StumpfLa2006
- Cuba | Ballou1926 MerrilCh1923 Russel1941
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (=Zaire) | Russel1941
- Dominica | Russel1941
- Dominican Republic | Russel1941
- Egypt | FaragAbZo1990 Habib1957 Hall1922 Hall1923 MerrilCh1923 MohammMoMo1997 Russel1941 Theoba1904
- El Salvador | Russel1941
- Fiji | HodgsoLa2011
- France | GermaiMaPi2002
- French Polynesia | WilliaWa1990
- Germany | Schonf2015
- Ghana | Russel1941
- Grenada | Cocker1897p Green1937 MerrilCh1923 Russel1941
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006 Russel1941
- Guam | Russel1941
- Guatemala | Russel1941
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | Bodkin1917 Russel1941
- Haiti | PerezG2008 Russel1941
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | Ehrhor1916 Russel1941 Zimmer1948
- Honduras | Russel1941
- India | Green1937 Ramakr1921a Russel1941 StumpfLa2006 Varshn1992
- Indonesia
- Sumatra | Gavril2019
- Iran | Moghad2013a
- Israel | Bodenh1924
- Italy | BarbagBiBo1995 Pelliz2010 Russel1941
- Sicily | UlgentPoPe2014
- Jamaica | Cocker1893h Cocker1896 Russel1941
- Japan | Kawai1972 Kawai1980
- Kenya | DeLott1967a
- Madeira Islands | Balach1938
- Malta | MifsudMaRu2014
- Mauritius | GrandpCh1899 Green1937 Mamet1943a MerrilCh1923
- Mexico | MerrilCh1923
- Montserrat | Russel1941
- Mozambique | Russel1941
- Namibia (=South West Africa) | StumpfLa2006
- Netherlands | StumpfLa2006
- New Caledonia | Russel1941 StumpfLa2006 Willia2007a WilliaWa1990
- Pakistan | Varshn1992
- Palau | Takaha1936c
- Panama Canal Zone | Russel1941
- Papua New Guinea | WilliaWa1990
- Philippines | Russel1941
- Mindanao | Lit1997b
- Portugal | FrancoRuMa2011
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | Martor1976 MerrilCh1923 Russel1941
- Reunion | GermaiMiPa2014 Mamet1943a Russel1941
- San Marino | Laing1927 WilliaWa1990
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sao Tome | Seabra1921 Seabra1925
- South Africa | Brain1920 GiliomKo2008 MerrilCh1923
- Sri Lanka | Green1937 MerrilCh1923 Ramakr1921a Russel1941 Varshn1992
- Suriname | StumpfLa2006
- Taiwan | Takaha1929
- Togo | Vayssi1913
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tobago | Russel1941
- Trinidad | Russel1941
- U.S. Virgin Islands | Russel1941
- Uganda | Gowdey1917
- United Kingdom
- England | MerrilCh1923
- United States
- Alabama | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- California | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- District of Columbia | Ferris1955a
- Florida | Ferris1955a MerrilCh1923 Russel1941
- Georgia | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- Illinois | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- Indiana | StumpfLa2006
- Louisiana | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- Mississippi | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- Missouri | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- New York | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- Pennsylvania | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- South Carolina | StumpfLa2006
- Texas | Ferris1955a Russel1941
- Washington | Russel1941
- Vanuatu (=New Hebrides) | WilliaWa1990
- Venezuela | Russel1941
Keys
- GiliomKo2008: pp.285 ( Adult (F) ) [South African species of Bambusaspis]
- StumpfLa2006: pp.22-32 ( Adult (F) ) [Asterolecaniidae species of North and South America]
- Kawai1980: pp.175 ( Adult (F) ) [Japan]
- Russel1941: pp.12-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
- Russel1941: pp.26-35 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
Remarks
- Systematics: GeneBank Accession No. AB439527 (Yokogawa & Yahara, 2009). Bambusaspis bambusae resembles B. miliaris, B. bambusicola (Kuwana) and B. caudata (Green) in having a tentorial arch on the clypeolabral shield; however, B. bambusae can be differentiated by having multilocular pores in transverse rows on the venter, which the other species lack. (Lambdin & Kondo, 2022)
- Structure: Colour photograph by Kawai (1980, Fig. 8.3) and by Germain et al. (2003). Adult female quite broad, elongate oval, not obviously tapering towards apex, 1.5–3.5 mm long. Test of adult female oval, translucent, glassy, yellowish to greenish with fringe of short whitish waxy filaments. Immatures similar to adults but smaller. Males unknown. Characteristics of slide-mounted adult female body subcircular to elongate oval, without obvious tapering towards apex or an anal indentation, 1.3–1.9 mm long, 0.9–1.5 mm wide. Dorsum with 8-shaped pores of 3 sizes. (Lambdin & Kondo, 2022)
- Biology: Gill (1993) reported that it is parthenogenetic in California. Adult females live on stems and both surfaces of leaves (Moghaddam & Watson 2024).
- Economic Importance: This species has been recorded from many species of bamboo in the West Indies, Central and South America, Africa, Asia. The infestations on leaves and trunk makes the plants unsightly, and may reduce the quality of poles in furniture production (Bartlett, 1978a). Farag et al. (1990) evaluated the predatory efficiency and reproduction of the predatory mite, Agistemus exsertus Gonzalez.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Russell (1941), Ferris (1955a) and by Stumpf & Lambdin (2006). Description and illustration of the first-instar nymph by Russell (1941) and by Mohammad et al. (1997). Photograph in Lambdin & Kondo, 2022.
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 27
- Ali1970a: catalog, 143-144
- Balach1931: distribution, host, 50
- Ballou1926: catalog, distribution, host, 11
- BarbagBiBo1995: distribution, 46
- Bartle1938a: biological control, distribution, host, 493-495
- Bartle1978a: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 46-47
- BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 24,44
- Bodenh1924: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 73
- Bodkin1917: distribution, host, 107
- Boisdu1869: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 260-262
- Borchs1937a: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 170-171
- Borchs1949: distribution, host, taxonomy, 156
- Borchs1950b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 134
- Borchs1960d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 136-139
- Brain1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 112
- Cocker1892: distribution, host, 77
- Cocker1893h: distribution, host, taxonomy, 77
- Cocker1896: distribution, host, 9
- Cocker1897p: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 590
- Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 393
- DeLott1967a: distribution, 110
- DoaneFe1916: distribution, host, 399
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 112
- Ehrhor1916: distribution, taxonomy, 235
- EzzatNa1987: distribution, 86
- FangWuXu2001: distribution, host, 105
- FaragAbZo1990: biological control, distribution, host, life history, 153-156
- FavretOuWi2014: taxonomy, 70
- Fernal1903b: 49-50
- Fernan1999: distribution, host, 86
- Ferris1955a: distribution, host, illustration, 18,22
- Figuer1946: distribution, host, 199
- Figuer1952: distribution, host, 206
- FoldiGe2018: distribution, 8
- FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 4,22
- Gavril2019: distribution, 11
- GermaiMaPi2002: distribution, host, 256
- GermaiMaPi2003: distribution, host, structure, 22
- GermaiMiPa2014: distribution, 22
- Giliom2001: distribution, 86
- GiliomKo2008: distribution, host, taxonomy, 282, 285
- Gill1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 102-103,112
- Gowdey1917: distribution, host, 187
- GrandpCh1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 42
- Green1909a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 328-329
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 284
- GullanCo2007: taxonomy, 413-425
- Habib1957: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 376-377
- Hall1922: description, distribution, host, 3
- Hall1923: distribution, host, 31
- Hall1935a: distribution, host, 217
- Hamon1980: distribution, host, host plants, life history, taxonomy, 1-2
- Hempel1900a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 409
- Hempel1904: distribution, host, 313
- Henrik1921: distribution, host, 315
- HodgsoLa2011: distribution, host, 15
- Hoffma1927: distribution, host, 73
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 23,32
- JaposhBaKi2020: distribution, host, 62
- JoshiReMu2024: distribution, economic importance, host, 440
- Kawai1972: distribution, host, 18-19
- Kawai1980: distribution, host, 176
- Kawai1987: distribution, host, 78
- KawaiMaUm1971: distribution, host, 18
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
- Koteja1974b: taxonomy, 83
- KozarDr1998a: catalog, 21
- Kuwana1909: distribution, host, 151
- LagowsGoHo2022: distribution, host, list, 8
- Laing1927: distribution, host, 35
- LambdiKo2022: biology, control, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 362-364
- Lepage1938: catalog, 336
- LepineMi1931: distribution, host, 250
- Lindin1909b: distribution, host, 220
- Lindin1912b: description, distribution, host, 82
- Lindin1924: distribution, host, 174,179
- Lit1997b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 88-90
- Lizery1938: distribution, host, 348
- Mamet1943a: distribution, host, 149
- Mamet1949: catalog, distribution, host, 18-19
- MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, 33-34
- Martor1976: distribution, host, 21
- Maskel1894b: taxonomy, 94
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 163
- MerrilCh1923: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 276
- Meurge2011: distribution, 82
- MifsudMaRu2014: distribution, host, 502
- MilleHeCa2016: distribution, economic importance, host, 131
- Moghad2013a: distribution, host, 6
- MoghadWa2024: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 14, 27-28
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 149
- MohammMoMo1997: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 193-195,222-223
- Morris1920: description, distribution, host, 161
- Newste1903: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 151
- Newste1917b: distribution, host, 127
- Pelliz2010: distribution, host, 91
- PellizPo2017: distribution, 108
- PerezG2008: distribution, 213
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 340
- Reboul1976: control, distribution, economic importance, host, 1-5
- Riddic1955: host, 7
- Russel1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 47-49,241
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 450
- Seabra1921: distribution, host, 96-97
- Seabra1925: distribution, host, 39
- Signor1870a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 280
- SoriaEsVi1998a: distribution, host, 337-342
- StumpfLa2006: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 84-89
- Sweetm1958: biological control, economic importance, 449-458
- Takaha1929: distribution, host, 46
- Takaha1936c: distribution, host, 116
- Takaha1956c: description, 6
- TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 355-357,579,701
- Tao1978: distribution, host, 77
- Tao1989: catalog, 58
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
- Theoba1904: distribution, host, 189
- Trabut1911: distribution, host, 52
- UlgentPoPe2014: distribution, host, illustration, 79, 80
- VanHarCoWi1990: distribution, host, 135
- Varshn1985a: catalog, 23
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, 72
- Vayssi1913: distribution, host, 429
- WangVaXu1998: distribution, host, 3
- WangVaXu1998: distribution, host, 82
- WangZh1987: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 38-39
- Watson2021: distribution, 516
- Willia2007a: distribution, host, 1346
- Willia2015: taxonomy, 578
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 204
- WilliaWa1990: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 200-203
- WuZhLi2000: chemical control, distribution, host, life history, 118-123
- Yang1982: distribution, host, 122
- YokogaYa2009: DNA, genebank, phylogeny, 57-66
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 154
- Zimmer1948: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 277-278
