Valid Names Results

Cameronaspis orchidarum (Ferris, 1955) (Diaspididae: Cameronaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Africaspis orchidarum Ferris 1955b: 23. Type data: PHILIPPINES: undetermined orchid, taken in quarantine in San Francisco, California, 1919. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Cameronaspis orchidarum (Ferris, 1955); Takagi, Pong & Ghee 1988: 10. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Takagi2005: pp.158 ( Adult (F) ) [The genus Cameronaspis]
• BenDov1973a: pp.140 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the species of Africaspis]
• Muntin1967: pp.3 ( Adult (F) ) [Key for separating the world species of Africaspis MacG.]

Remarks

• Systematics: This species is close to Neopinnaspis harperi and Africaspis chipingae (Ferris, 1955b).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1955b).

Illustrations

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