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Chionaspis longiloba Cooley, 1899 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis longiloba Cooley 1899: 16-17. Type data: UNITED STATES: Texas, on Populus sp., 14/04/1896, by H.H. Eldnyde. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• long-lobed chionaspis Hollin1923
• longiloba scale Dekle1965c
• longiloba scurfy scale LiuKoRh1989

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Koszta1996: pp.441 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• BullinKoJi1989: pp.135 ( Adult (M) ) [Key to 17 adult male morphs of 12 species of North American Chionaspis]
• LiuKoRh1989: pp.18 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Chionaspis in North America]
• McDani1971: pp.280 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the Texas species of the genus Chionaspis Signoret]
• Koszta1963: pp.62 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Ferris1942: pp.49 ( ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Hollin1923: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Chionaspis known to occur in Missouri]
• MacGil1921: pp.329 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]
• Lawson1917: pp.260 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis in Kansas]
• Sander1904a: pp.43 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Chionaspis species of Ohio]
• Cooley1899: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis]

Remarks

• Systematics: Chionaspis longiloba can be told from other Chionaspis species by the zygosis of the median lobes being rather short and broad and the second lobes being well developed and broad (McDaniel, 1971).
• Structure: Female scale elongate, oystershell-shaped, white, about 1.5 mm long, exuviae yellowish brown. Adult female spindle-shaped, segments produced laterally, 0.8-0.9 mm long (Kosztarab, 1963).
• General Remarks: Detailed treatment of male morphs by Bullington et al. (1989).

Illustrations

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