Valid Names Results

Chionaspis pogonantherae Takagi, 2019 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis pogonantherae Takagi 2019: 48. Type data: MALAYA: Pahang, Cameron Highlands, on Pogonanthera, 10/13/1986, by S. Takagi. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Takagi2019a: pp.49 ( Adult (F) ) [Chionaspis in the tropics]

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female body fusiform at full growth. Anterior spiracles each with disc pores clustered in an arc; posterior spiracles each with a much smaller cluster. Perivulvar disc pores abundant. (Takagi, 2019a)
• Biology: Females and males occurring on the lower surface of leaves, females also on the upper surface. Females were also found mostly on the lower surface of leaves and along the midrib; leaf blades with scales were irregularly but so curved downward as to form a half-opened space enclosed within the lower surface. (Takagi, 2019a)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration in Takagi, 2019a.

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