Valid Names Results
Bambusaspis minuta (Takahashi, 1930) (Asterolecaniidae: Bambusaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Asterolecanium minutum Takahashi 1930: 10. Type data: TAIWAN: Taihoku, Nisui, Suisha; Naze (Amamioshima), on the lower side of the leaf of Bambusa stenostachya. Syntypes, female, by original designation Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name
- Bambusaspis minutus (Takahashi, 1930); Tang & Hao 1995: 379. change of combination
- Bambusaspis minuta (Takahashi, 1930); Ben-Dov 2006b: 82. emendation that is justified Notes: Ben-Dov; change of name to agree in gender.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Poaceae
- Bambusa | Russel1941 TangHa1995 Yang1982
- Bambusa blumeana | Takaha1930 | (= Bambusa stenostachya)
- Bambusa multiplex | Russel1941 TangHa1995 Varshn1992 Varshn1994 | (= Arundinaria glaucescens)
- Bambusa tulda | Russel1941 Varshn1992 Varshn1994
- Dendrocalamus | Russel1941 TangHa1995 Yang1982
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 6
- China | Varshn1994
- Fujian (=Fukien) | Russel1941 TangHa1995
- Guangdong (=Kwangtung) | Russel1941 TangHa1995
- India | Russel1941
- West Bengal | Varshn1992 Varshn1994
- Japan | Kawai1980
- Taiwan | Russel1941 TangHa1995 Varshn1994 WongChCh1999
- Thailand | Varshn1994
- Vietnam | Russel1941 Varshn1994
Keys
- 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
- Structure: Colour photograph in Wong et al. (1999). The test is transparent, yellow to light brown in color, circular or ovoid in shape, and often has a few long, dorsal glassine wax protrusions. The test of this tiny species measures merely 0.50–0.75 mm in length. The adult female body inside the test is legless, round and yellow in color, often with a dorsal pair of orange spots, and measures 0.40–0.75 mm long (Powell et al 2024).
- Biology: This bamboo pit scale species settles to feed on the underside of the host leaves. Small chlorotic spots caused by the scale’s feeding may be visible from the tops of leaves (Powell et al 2024).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Russell (1941).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1970a: catalog, 139
- BenDov2006b: catalog, 82-83
- FangWuXu2001: distribution, host, 105
- Kawai1980: distribution, host, 177
- KozarDr1998: catalog, 24
- MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, 34
- PowellDeMi2024: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, record,
- Russel1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 135-136,278
- Takaha1930: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 10, 11
- TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 379-380,582
- Tao1978: distribution, host, 78
- Tao1989: catalog, 58
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 42
- Varshn1985a: catalog, 23
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, 70
- Varshn1994: distribution, host, 338, 339
- WongChCh1999: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 8-9,45-46
- Yang1982: distribution, host, 127
