Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes actiniformis Green, 1896 (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Ceroplastes actiniformis Green 1896: 8. Type data: SRI LANKA: Punduloya and Kandy, on coconut palm.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Ceroplastes actiniformes Green, 1896; Moharana 1990: 48. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- date palm soft scale AbdRabEv2021
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 25 | Genera: 33
- Acanthaceae
- Dicliptera roxburghiana | Varshn1992
- Amaranthaceae
- Chenopodium album | Varshn1992
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera indica | Ali1971 Ali1973 Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989 ShahJhPa1986
- Annonaceae
- Annona montana | Ali1971 Green1930c
- Apocynaceae
- Alstonia scholaris | Ali1971 Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Carissa spinarum | Varshn1992
- Thevetia | Varshn1992
- Trachelospermum lucidum | Varshn1992
- Arecaceae
- Areca catechu | Ali1971 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Cocos nucifera | Ali1971 Ali1973 Green1896 Newste1917b Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930
- Phoenix canariensis | Bodenh1927a
- Phoenix dactylifera | Hall1922
- Washingtonia filifera | Bodenh1927a | (= Pritchardia filifera)
- Boraginaceae
- Cordia obliqua | Varshn1992
- Calophyllaceae
- Calophyllum | Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930
- Calophyllum inophyllum | VarshnMo1987
- Cannabaceae
- Cannabis sativa | Varshn1992
- Cannaceae
- Combretaceae
- Terminalia catappa | Varshn1992
- Convolvulaceae
- Ipomoea carnea | Varshn1992
- Euphorbiaceae
- Sapium | Green1909a Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930 SilvadGoGa1968
- Sapium sebiferum | Ali1971 Green1909a Green1937
- Fabaceae
- Acacia | Varshn1992
- Erythrina | Varshn1992
- Loranthaceae
- Loranthus | Ali1971 Ali1973 Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Malvaceae
- Hibiscus | Varshn1992
- Thespesia populnea | Varshn1992
- Menispermaceae
- Tinospora | Varshn1992
- Moraceae
- Ficus | Ali1971 Ali1973 Ramakr1919a ShafeeYoKh1989
- Ficus carica | Ali1971 Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Ficus palmata | Varshn1992
- Ficus religiosa | Varshn1992
- Myrtaceae
- Psidium guajava | Ali1971 Ali1973 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Poaceae
- Saccharum officinarum | AgarwaSi1964 Ali1971 Ali1973 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Salicaceae
- Populus canadensis | Varshn1992 | (= Populus euramericana)
- Santalaceae
- Santalum album | Ali1971 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Sapindaceae
- Dodonaea viscosa | Varshn1992
- Verbenaceae
- Duranta erecta | WuWa2019 | (= Duranta repens)
- Vitaceae
- Vitis vinifera | ShafeeYoKh1989
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus bolangerae | TavareSaDa2019
Associates:
Families: 1 | Genera: 2
- Formicidae
- Camponotus varius | SharmaSu2011
- Crematogaster | SharmaSu2011
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 9
- Brazil | SilvadGoGa1968
- Canary Islands | Green1930c
- China | DengYuZh2012
- Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | MartinLa2011
- Egypt | EzzatNa1987 Hall1922
- India | Ali1971 AvasthSh1986 Green1930c Newste1917b Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930 | ShafeeYoKh1989
- Andhra Pradesh | Varshn1992
- Bihar | Ali1971
- Goa | Ali1973
- Gujarat | Varshn1992
- Karnataka | Varshn1992
- Kerala | Varshn1992
- Maharashtra | Varshn1992
- Odisha (=Orissa) | Varshn1992
- Tamil Nadu | SharmaSu2011
- Uttar Pradesh | Varshn1992
- West Bengal | Ali1971
- Indonesia
- Java | Ali1971 Green1930c
- Sumatra | Ali1971
- Israel | Bodenh1927a
- Pakistan | Varshn1992
- Sri Lanka | Ali1971 Green1896 Green1909a Green1930c Green1937
Keys
- MohammMo2013: pp.146-148 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species and subspecies of family coccidae in Egypt]
- PellizCa1994: pp.177 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes species of Mediterranean]
- EzzatHu1969: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [Egypt]
- Green1909a: pp.275 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceylon]
Remarks
- General Remarks: The various specimens in the BMNH from Africa labelled C. actiniformis are all misidentifications of other species in the C. rusci-group and it is considered that all published records from the Afrotropical Region are probably also misidentifications. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012) Bodenheimer (1927) found this wax scale on introduced Phoenix canariensis, Yucca whippleri and Pritchardia flifera at the acclimatization garden in Tel Aviv. Ben Dov (2012) has not collected it until the present, and assumes that it has not been established in Israel.
Illustrations
Citations
- AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 28
- AgarwaSi1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 149
- Ali1971: distribution, host, taxonomy, 15
- Ali1973: distribution, host, 671
- AvasthSh1986: distribution, host, 330
- BenDov1993: catalog, 19
- Bodenh1927a: distribution, host, 177
- Cocker1896b: distribution, host, 331
- DengYuZh2012: distribution, 791
- EzzatNa1987: distribution, 86
- Fernal1903b: 147
- FetykoKo2012: distribution, taxonomy, 292
- Green1896: distribution, host, 8
- Green1909a: distribution, host, 275
- Green1930c: distribution, host, 281
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 311
- Hall1922: distribution, host, 15
- HodgsoPe2012: taxonomy, 99,101,115,116,118
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
- KozarWa1985: catalog, 76
- MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, 34
- Mohamm1963: distribution, host, taxonomy, 131
- MohammGh2008: distribution, 149
- MohammMo2013: host, structure, 146, 152
- Mohara1990: taxonomy, 48
- Nair1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 72
- Newste1917b: distribution, host, 128
- ParidaMo1982: taxonomy, 19
- Ramakr1919: distribution, host, 624-625
- Ramakr1919a: distribution, host, 29-30
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 346
- Ramakr1930: distribution, host, 39
- ShafeeYoKh1989: distribution, host, 47
- ShahJhPa1986: distribution, host, 67
- SharmaSu2011: distribution, ecology, 62-64
- SilvadGoGa1968: catalog, distribution, host, 137
- TavareSaDa2019: natural enemies, 4
- Varshn1992: distribution, host, 78
- Varshn1994: distribution, host, 340
- VarshnMo1987: distribution, host, 172
- Wester1918: distribution, economic importance, host, 5-57
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 206
- WuWa2019: distribution, host, key, 521-522
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 155
