Valid Names Results

Chionaspis lithocarpi Takahashi, 1942 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis lithocarpi Takahashi 1942b: 31-32. Type data: THAILAND: Mt Sutep, on Lithocarpus sp., 01/04/1940. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Systematics: Chionaspis lithocarpi is characterized by the presence of a pair of longitudinal groups of spines on the thorax, and by the stout median lobes (Takahashi, 1942b).
• Structure: Female scale narrow, slightly widened posteriorly, white, with pale yellow exuviae (Takahashi, 1942b).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Takahashi (1942b).

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