Valid Names Results
Ceroplastes stellifer (Westwood, 1871) (Coccidae: Ceroplastes)Nomenclatural History
- Vinsonia pulchella Signoret 1869: 868. nomen nudum
- Coccus stellifer Westwood 1871a: iii. Type data: ENGLAND: Pant y Goitre, Abergavenny, on Cypripedium niveum, imported from the west coast of SIAM [=THAILAND].. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Oxford: Hope Entomological Collections, University Museum, England; accepted valid name Notes: Unmounted female syntypes are available at the Natural History Museum, Oxford, UK (Yair Ben-Dov, visit at OXUM, on December 15, 2002).
- Coccus stellifer; Westwood 1871a: 1006. subsequent use
- Vinsonia pulchella Signoret 1872a: 34. Type data: REUNION ISLAND: on Mangifera indica.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Vienna: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Austria; junior synonym (discovered by Signor1877a, 608).
- Vinsonia stellifera (Westwood, 1871); Douglas 1888b: 152. change of combination
- Ceroplastes stellifer (Westwood, 1871); Lindinger 1913: 81. change of combination
- Vinsonia stelifera (Westwood, 1871); Seabra 1925: 38. misspelling of species epithet
- Vinsonia estellifera (Westwood, 1871); Gomez-Menor Ortega 1929: 4. misspelling of species epithet
- Vinzonia stellifera; Danzig & Konstantinova 1990: 45. misspelling of genus name
- Vinsonia pulohella Signoret, 1872; Tang 1991: 311. misspelling of species epithet
- Vinsonia stellftra (Westwood, 1871); Tang 1991: 312. misspelling of species epithet
- Vinsonia steliftra; Tang 1991: 312. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "Signoret" as author.
- Winsonia stellifera; Fernandes 1993: 111. misspelling of genus name
- Ceroplastes stellifer (Westwood, 1871); Peronti, Sousa-Silva & Granara de Willink 2008: 177. revived combination (previously published)
- Ceroplastes stellifera (Douglas, 1888); Hodgson & Peronti 2012: 154-155. emendation that is unjustified
Common Names
- stellate scale BenDov1993 HamonWi1984
- Escama blanda estrellada PerontKo2022
- glossy scale PerontKo2022
- Sternschildlaus PerontKo2022
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 23 | Genera: 49
- Anacardiaceae
- Mangifera | Hodgso1994a Ramakr1919a
- Mangifera indica | Ali1971 Almeid1973b Cocker1892a Cocker1892b Cocker1893k DanzigKo1990 DeLott1965a Green1896 Green1909a Green1937 KondoKa1995 Mamet1943a Nakaha1983 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Apocynaceae
- Alstonia scholaris | Ali1971 Green1909a Green1937
- Nerium oleander | LagowsGoHo2022
- Plumeria rubra | Mamet1943a | (= Plumeria acutifolia)
- Tabernaemontana pandacaqui | WilliaWa1990 | (= Ervatamia orientalis)
- Araliaceae
- Fatsia | JansenAl2023
- Schefflera | QinGu1994
- Schefflera arboricola | MatileEt2006 MatsunHoKu2019 PerontSoGr2008
- Schefflera heptaphylla | DengLiWa2014 | (= Schefflera octophylla)
- Arecaceae
- Cocos | HodgsoHi1990 HodgsoHi1991
- Cocos nucifera | Ali1971 Cocker1893k DeLott1965a Green1896 Green1909a Green1937 Nakaha1983 Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Dypsis lutescens | Malump2014a
- Phoenix dactylifera | Varshn1992
- Asparagaceae
- Asparagus aethiopicus | CorseuBa1971
- Aspleniaceae
- Asplenium | Cocker1896k
- Clusiaceae
- Clusia | Cocker1896k
- Garcinia | Ballou1926 HamonWi1984
- Garcinia indica | Ali1971 Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Garcinia mangostana | HamonWi1984 Hempel1904
- Garcinia spicata | Ali1971 Green1909a Green1937 HamonWi1984
- Garcinia subelliptica | WuWa2019
- Tovomita longifolia | NormarOkMo2019
- Ebenaceae
- Diospyros | TaoWoCh1983
- Diospyros discolor | WuWa2019
- Lauraceae
- Cinnamomum camphora | Jansen1995
- Persea americana | Mamet1943a
- Meliaceae
- Azadirachta indica | JansenAl2023
- Moraceae
- Artocarpus | Beards1966
- Ficus | Green1896
- Ficus benghalensis | Mamet1943a
- Musaceae
- Musa | Hodgso1994a
- Myrtaceae
- Calyptranthes thomasiana | MalumpBaCo2019
- Eucalyptus | Nakaha1983
- Eugenia | Mamet1943a
- Syzygium | AvasthSh1986
- Syzygium aqueum | Mamet1943a | (= Eugenia aquea)
- Syzygium cumini | Ali1971 AvasthSh1986 Mamet1943a Newste1914 ShafeeYoKh1989 | (= Eugenia jambolana)
- Syzygium jambos | Ali1971 Mamet1943a MestreHaEv2011 Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989 | (= Eugenia jambos)
- Syzygium samarangense | WuWa2019
- Orchidaceae
- Brassia caudata | MestreHaEv2011
- Broughtonia sanguinea | Cocker1895a
- Cattleya | Nakaha1983
- Epidendrum | Jansen1995
- Epidendrum ciliare | Nakaha1983
- Orchidaceae | HodgsoHi1990
- Paphiopedilum niveum | Ali1971 Cocker1893k | (= Cypripedium niveum)
- Polystachya concreta | MestreHaEv2011 | (= Maxillaria purpurea)
- Stanhopea | Cocker1895u Willia2010
- Phyllanthaceae
- Antidesma bunius | Ali1971 Green1909a Green1937
- Bischofia javanica | WilliaWa1990
- Poaceae
- Oryza sativa | MestreHaEv2011
- Primulaceae
- Ardisia polycephala | Cocker1893k
- Pteridaceae
- Adiantum | CorseuBa1971
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea | Kondo2013
- Ixora coccinea | PerontSoGr2008
- Rutaceae
- Acronychia | Cocker1893gg | (= Jambolana)
- Citrus | HodgsoHi1990 HodgsoHi1991
- Citrus aurantium | Ali1971 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Citrus maxima | WilliaWa1990 | (= Citrus grandis)
- Citrus sinensis | GithaeOnNd2021
- Glycosmis pentaphylla | Ali1971 Green1909a
- Rutaceae | DanzigKo1990
- Sapotaceae
- Manilkara zapota | HamonWi1984 MestreHaEv2011 | (= Achras sapota)
- Palaquium | Green1907 Mamet1943a
- Palaquium formosanum | WuWa2019
- Pouteria caimito | Hempel1900a
- Strelitziaceae
- Ravenala madagascariensis | Nakaha1983
- Zingiberaceae
- Alpinia purpurata | WilliaWa1990
Foes:
Families: 2 | Genera: 3
- Aphelinidae
- Eriaphytis chackoi | Rao1980
- Paraphytis maculatipennis | PerontKo2022
- Encyrtidae
- Anicetus ceylonensis | PerontKo2022
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 67
- Angola | Almeid1973b
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Antigua | Malump2018 WalkerWaEv1974
- Australia
- Northern Territory | QinGu1994
- Bahamas | BlackwPr2007
- Barbados | Cocker1893k
- Bermuda | HodgsoHi1990 HodgsoHi1991
- Brazil
- Bahia | CostaLPeWo2021
- Para | PerontSoGr2008
- Pernambuco | CostaLPeWo2021 PerontSoGr2008
- Rio Grande do Sul | PerontSoGr2008
- Rio de Janeiro | Hempel1904 PerontSoGr2008
- Sao Paulo | PerontSoGr2008
- British Virgin Islands | MalumpBaCo2019
- Burma (=Myanmar) | PerontKo2022
- Cape Verde | SchmutPiKl1978 VanHarCoWi1990
- China
- Yunnan | DengLiWa2014
- Colombia | Kondo2001 KondoKa1995
- Costa Rica | JansenAl2023
- Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | Hodgso1994a
- Cuba | Ballou1926 MestreHaEv2011
- Dominican Republic | JansenAl2023
- Ethiopia | DeLott1959
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Pohnpei Island | BenDov1993
- Fiji | HodgsoLa2011
- French Guiana | PerontKo2022
- Germany | Schonf2015
- Ghana | Kondo2013
- Grenada | Cocker1896d
- Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006
- Guam | PerontKo2022
- Guatemala | Willia2010
- Guiana | Remill1988
- Guyana (=British Guiana) | Jansen1995 Newste1914
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | MatsunHoKu2019
- India | Ali1971 Mamet1943a Ramakr1919a Ramakr1930 ShafeeYoKh1989
- Andhra Pradesh | Varshn1992
- Karnataka | PrakasPa2015 Rao1980
- Kerala | AvasthSh1986
- Maharashtra | Varshn1992
- Odisha (=Orissa) | Varshn1992
- Tamil Nadu | Varshn1992
- West Bengal | Varshn1992
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya | Kalsho1981
- Italy | FetykoKo2012 MazzeoLoPe2014
- Jamaica | Cocker1892a Cocker1892b Cocker1893gg Cocker1893k Cocker1895a
- Kenya | DeLott1965a
- Laos |
- Malaysia | Ali1971 Suh2023
- Maldives | WatsonOoGi1995
- Martinique | MatileEt2006
- Mauritius | Mamet1943a
- Netherlands | Jansen1995
- Nicaragua | PerontKo2022
- Niue | BenDov1993
- Pakistan | PerontSoGr2008 Varshn1992
- Palau | Mamet1943a
- Panama | NormarOkMo2019
- Papua New Guinea | BenDov1993
- Philippines | Ali1971 Mamet1943a
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | Martor1976 NakahaMi1981
- Reunion | Cocker1894t Cocker1895a GermaiMiPa2014 Mamet1943a Mamet1957
- Saint Croix | Beatty1944
- Saint Lucia | Malump2012b
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Sao Tome | Seabra1921 Seabra1925
- Seychelles | Green1907 Hodgso1994a Mamet1943a
- Solomon Islands | BenDov1993
- Sri Lanka | Ali1971 Cocker1895a Green1896 Green1909a Green1937 Mamet1943a
- Suriname | JansenAl2023
- Taiwan | Ali1971 Mamet1943a WongChCh1999
- Tanzania | HodgsoPe2012
- Thailand | Ali1971 Cocker1895a Suh2023
- Tonga | WilliaWa1990
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Trinidad | Cocker1895u Cocker1896k
- U.S. Virgin Islands | BenDov1993
- United States
- Alabama | HamonWi1984
- Florida | HamonWi1984 Hodges2002b
- Georgia | HamonWi1984
- Venezuela | PerontKo2022
- Vietnam | DanzigKo1990
- Zanzibar | DeLott1965a
Keys
- JoshiBhPo2021: pp.568 ( Adult (F) ) [Indian species of Ceroplastes]
- WuWa2019: pp.521 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes in China]
- ChoiSoLe2018: pp.6-7 ( Adult (F) ) [Coccidae in Laos]
- FetykoKo2012: pp.293 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Ceroplastes in the Palaearctic Region based on slide-mounted adult females]
- PerontSoGr2008: pp.142-144 ( Adult (F) ) [Ceroplastes species of São Paulo, Brazil]
Remarks
- Systematics: Subfamily: Ceroplasinae (Choi & Lee, 2019) Ceroplastes stellifer can be recognised by the following combination of characters: (i) more than 5 pairs of inter-antennal setae; (ii) very small loculate microducts, with primary loculus much larger than satellite loculi (when latter present); (iii) tibia and tarsus fused; (iv) pregenital disc-pores very few, even on abdominal segment VII; (v) stigmatic setae few, restricted to stigmatic cleft, with setae on margin small and roundly conical and more dorsal setae larger and sharply spinose; (vi) dorsal setae minute, when present, and (vii) caudal process rather small.
- Structure: Colour photograph in Hamon & Williams (1984), Wong et al. (1999) and Peronti et al. (2008). Unmounted material. "Adult female with a semi-translucent waxy test, the margins of which are flattened and produced into seven rays that give the insect the appearance of a miniature starfish. Median area strongly convex above, the apex with an oblong pad of opaque white wax. Colour of living [mature] examples pink darkening with age to purplish red. In dried examples, this tint fades to reddish brown. Anal opercular dark brown. Margin colourless during life; yellowish in dried examples. Each ray is tipped by a fairly long conical process of opaque white wax. The median anterior ray carries a supplementary white point on each side of terminal process. The following 2 rays on each side have a well-defined median ridge. A pair of small white waxy processes project from the posterior margin immediately behind the anal aperture. Undersurface flat. After oviposition, the median area shrinks and forms a cavity for the reception of the eggs. From below, it can be seen that the median area corresponds with the cephalic lobe. The following 2 rays on each side are associated with the 2 pairs of stigmata, while the 2 remaining rays proceed from the abdominal lobes. At the extremity of each ray, below the base of the terminal process, is a fringe of minute glassy points - the remains of the earliest larval fringe. Diameter across rays: 3.5-4.5 mm." (Green, 1909). Wax almost translucent when young but becoming first pale green and then often reddish when mature; ends of each arm with white dry wax. Rather beautiful. Unmounted, with wax removed. Body round to 6-sided but with a pronounced cephalic lobe. Old individuals with almost entire dorsum sclerotised apart from lateral clear areas (anterior clear area hidden beneath anterior swelling of cephalic lobe on available material); dorsal clear area sclerotised with rest of dorsum. Caudal process about as long as broad, sclerotised. Eyespots dorsal. Ventrally, cephalic lobe on older individuals heavily sclerotised. Stigmatic clefts obscure. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012) Mounted material. Body oval, but with anterior margin of head forming a pronounced prominence in mature specimens; stigmatic clefts shallow; dorsum without tubercles. Caudal process short and extending dorsoposteriorly. Derm membranous when young but most of dorsum covered in a sclerotised plate-like extension from caudal process in mature specimens. Ventral derm of cephalic prominence heavily sclerotised on old specimens. Length 0.8-2.0 mm, total width of mounted specimens 0.6-1.45 mm. (Hodgson & Peronti, 2012)
- Economic Importance: Considered a potential threat threat to crops in Florida, USA (Hamon & Williams, 1984).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by De Lotto (1965a), Tao et al. (1983), Hamon & Williams (1984), Williams & Watson (1990), Tang (1991), Hodgson (1994a) and by Peronti et al. (2008).
Illustrations
Citations
- Ali1971: distribution, host, 19
- Almeid1973b: distribution, host, 6
- AvasthSh1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 335-337
- Ballou1926: catalog, distribution, host, 44
- Beards1966: distribution, host, taxonomy, 497
- BenDov1993: catalog, 338-339
- BlackwPr2007: distribution, host, 413-414
- Bordag1914: distribution, host,
- ChoiLe2019: phylogeny, taxonomy, wax secretion, 402, 404
- ChoiSoLe2018: diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, 20-21
- Cocker1892a: distribution, host, 55
- Cocker1892b: distribution, host, 334
- Cocker1893gg: distribution, host, 373
- Cocker1893j: distribution, host, 254
- Cocker1893k: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 548
- Cocker1894c: distribution, host, 307
- Cocker1894d: taxonomy, 311
- Cocker1894t: distribution, host, 178
- Cocker1895a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 100-101
- Cocker1895u: distribution, host, 727
- Cocker1896b: distribution, taxonomy, 330
- Cocker1896d: distribution, host, 307
- Cocker1896k: distribution, host, iv
- Cocker1899n: distribution, host, 16
- Cocker1902p: distribution, host, 253
- CorseuBa1971: distribution, host, 240
- CostaLPeWo2021: distribution, host, illustration,
- DanzigKo1990: distribution, host, 45
- DeLott1959: distribution, taxonomy, 153
- DeLott1965a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 234-236
- DengLiWa2014: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 278-282
- Dougla1888c: taxonomy, 152
- Esaki1940a: distribution, host, 274-280
- Fernal1903b: 159
- FetykoKo2012: distribution, taxonomy, 291-295
- GermaiDeLa2016: list of species, 2
- GermaiMiPa2014: distribution, 22
- GillKo1997: distribution, economic importance, host, 161-163
- GithaeOnNd2021: distribution, host, 81
- GomezM1929: taxonomy, 4
- Green1896: distribution, host, 8
- Green1907: distribution, host, 200
- Green1909a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 280-281
- Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 311
- HamonWi1984: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 128-130
- Hempel1900a: distribution, host, 477
- Hempel1904: distribution, host, 315
- Hodges2002a: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy,
- Hodges2002b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 208
- Hodgso1994a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 591-593
- HodgsoHi1990: distribution, host, 6,15
- HodgsoHi1991: distribution, host, 137
- HodgsoLa2011: distribution, host, 22
- HodgsoPe2012: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 155-158,243
- Jansen1995: distribution, host, 134,142
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 23
- JoshiBhPo2021: key, 568
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 43
- Kondo2010: distribution, host, 41-44
- Kondo2013: distribution, host, 45
- KondoKa1995: distribution, host, 57-58
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 10
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 79
- LagowsGoHo2022: distribution, host, list, 8
- Lindin1909c: distribution, host, 451
- Lindin1913: taxonomy, 81
- Malump2012b: distribution, 210
- Malump2014a: distribution, host, illustration, 72
- Malump2018: distribution, host, illustration, 55
- MalumpBaCo2019: distribution, host, illustration,
- Mamet1943a: distribution, host, 155
- Mamet1949: catalog, distribution, host, 32
- Mamet1957: distribution, host, 375
- Martor1976: distribution, host, 6-257
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 167
- MatsunHoKu2019: distribution, host, 8
- MazzeoLoPe2014: distribution, 58
- MestreBaRo2001: distribution, host, 31-36
- MestreHaEv2011: distribution, host, 6
- MestreHoHa2015: distribution, host, 6
- MestreKo2018: distribution, 5
- Meurge2011: distribution, 80
- Morris1920: distribution, host, 187
- Nair1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 72
- Nakaha1983: distribution, host, 7
- NakahaMi1981: distribution, host, 32
- Nath1972: distribution, host, 5-6
- Newste1903: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy,
- Newste1914: distribution, host, 306
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 10,36
- PellizWi2013: taxonomy, 407
- PerezG2008: distribution, 213
- PerontSoGr2008: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 177-178
- PrakasPa2015: distribution,
- QinGu1994: taxonomy, 954-955
- QinGu1995: distribution, host, taxonomy, 302
- QinGuBe1994: distribution, host, taxonomy, 541-549
- Ramakr1919a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 30-31
- Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 347
- Ramakr1930: distribution, host, taxonomy, 40-41
- Rao1980: biological control, distribution, host, 41-45
- Remill1988: distribution, host, 58
- Schmut1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 223-226
- Schmut1990a: distribution, economic importance, host,
- Schmut2001: distribution, host, 339-345
- SchmutPiKl1978: distribution, economic importance, host, 329
- SchowaWiPr2014: ecology, 96-97
- Seabra1921: distribution, host, 98
- Seabra1925: distribution, host, taxonomy, 38
- ShafeeYoKh1989: distribution, host, 55
- Signor1869: catalog, taxonomy, 868
- Signor1872a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 34
- Signor1877: catalog, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 608
- SilvaCa1977: distribution, host, 25-26
- Simmon1957: catalog, distribution, host, 9
- Su1982: distribution, host, 61
- Suh2023: distribution, host, 4
- Takaha1929: distribution, host, 69
- Takaha1939b: distribution, host, 264
- Takaha1942b: distribution, host, 31
- Takaha1942d: distribution, host, 355
- Tang1991: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 311-312
- Tao1978: distribution, host, 84
- Tao1989: catalog, distribution, host, 59
- Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 67
- TaoWoCh1983: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 98-99
- VanHarCoWi1990: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 135
- Varshn1985a: catalog, distribution, host, 28
- Varshn1992: disease transmission, host, taxonomy, 80-81
- Varshn1994: distribution, host, 346-347
- VarshnMo1987: structure, taxonomy, 175
- Vernal1953: distribution, host, 149
- WalkerWaEv1974: distribution, host, 12, 13
- Watson2021: distribution, 521
- WatsonOoGi1995: distribution, host, 57
- Westwo1871: taxonomy, iii
- Westwo1871a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 1006
- Willia2001: distribution, 225-227
- Willia2010: distribution, host, 150
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 215
- WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 44
- WilliaWa1990: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 172-174
- WilliaWi1988: distribution, host, 60
- WongChCh1999: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 17-18,57
- WuWa2019: biology, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, key, 521, 531, 532
- Yang1982: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 183-185
- ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 156
