Valid Names Results
Chionaspis formosa Green, 1904 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Chionaspis formosa Green 1904c: 462-463. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, on Eucalyptus tereticornis, by W.W. Froggatt; Victoria, Goulburn Valley, by C. French. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Phenacaspis formosa (Green, 1904); MacGillivray 1921: 352. change of combination
- Chionaspis formosa Green, 1904; Takagi 1985: 45. revived combination (previously published) Notes: Takagi 1985 lists this as a species of Chionaspis, but states that "its generic position is indeterminate."
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Myrtaceae
- Eucalyptus | Green1904c
- Eucalyptus tereticornis | Green1904c
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | Green1904c
- Victoria | Green1904c
Keys
- MacGil1921: pp.352 ( ) [Key to species of Phenacaspis]
Remarks
- Structure: Female puparium snowy white, 1st pellicle yellow, 2nd pellicle reddish, secretionary area smooth, usually broadly dilated, sometimes narrower and more elongate. Male puparium much smaller and narrower, feebly tricarinate, median carina distinct, lateral carinae obsolescent. Adult female narrowed in front, broadest across median abdominal areas (Green, 1904c).
- General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1904c).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 122
- Ferris1955d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 49
- Ferris1956: taxonomy, 73
- Green1904c: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 462-463
- Laing1929: distribution, host, illustration, 17
- MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 352
