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Chionaspis triformis Tippins & Beshear, 1974 (Diaspididae: Chionaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis betulae Tippins & Beshear 1970b: 1022-1023. Type data: UNITED STATES: Georgia, Jasper Co., east bank of Ocmulgee River, near State Route 16, on Betula nigra, 11/02/1968. Holotype, female, Type depository: Athens: University of Georgia, Department of Entomology Collection, Georgia, USA; junior homonym (discovered by TippinBe1974, 146). Replacement name for Chionaspis lintneri betulae Cooley 1898 Notes: Paratypes in personal collections of authors and also in NMNH. Illustr.
• Chionaspis triformis Tippins & Beshear 1974: 146. replacement name Replacement name for Chionaspis betulae Tippins & Beshear

Common Names

• birch scurfy scale LiuKoRh1989

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• LiuKoRh1989: pp.16 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of Chionaspis in North America]
• Chen1983: pp.7 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis betulae

Remarks

• Systematics: The bark form of Chionaspis betulae resembles C. acericola, but differs as follows: median lobes of C. acericola symmetrical and laterally notched, in C. betulae asymmetrical and not notched; gland spines absent on the 1st abdominal segment in C. acericola, always present in C. betulae; several small submedian macroducts on abdominal segments 3 and 4, these lacking in C. betulae. The leaf form of C. betulae resembles the leaf form of C. gleditsiae. It differs in having fewer (less than 10) dorsal macroducts, while C. gleditsiae reportedly has more than 20 (Tippins & Beshear, 1970b).
• Structure: Adult female spindle shaped, margin of free abdominal segments lobed laterally, length on slide 0.9 mm (Tippins & Beshear, 1970b).
• Biology: Chionaspis betulae has a bark form and a leaf form (Tippins & Beshear, 1970b).
• General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Tippins & Beshear (1970b).

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