Valid Names Results

Chlidaspis asiatica (Archangelskaya, 1930) (Diaspididae: Chlidaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis asiatica Archangelskaya 1930a: 93-96. Type data: IRAN: Mesched; Beergand; Toorbet, on Prunus sp. and Amygdalus sp., ?/07&08/1928, by A.M. Ilijnsky. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Danzig1993,361). Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Phenacaspis prunorum Borchsenius 1939a: 44,50. Type data: ARMENIA: on Prunus domestica, 05/09/1932. Holotype, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; junior synonym (discovered by Danzig1993, 363). Illustr.
• Neochionaspis asiatica (Archangelskaya, 1930); Borchsenius 1947a: 343. change of combination
• Chlidaspis prunorum (Borchsenius, 1939); Borchsenius 1949d: 221. change of combination
• Tecaspis asiatica (Archangelskaya, 1930); Balachowsky 1954e: 373. change of combination
• Tecaspis prunorum (Borchsenius, 1939); Balachowsky 1954e: 370. change of combination
• Voraspis prunorum (Borchsenius, 1939); Balachowsky & Kaussari 1955a: 301. change of combination
• Voraspis adlei Balachowsky & Kaussari 1955a: 301-304. Type data: IRAN: Chiraz, on Prunus armeniaca, 06/09/1955, by G. Remaudiere & M. Kaussari. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; junior synonym (discovered by BorchsWi1963, 360). Illustr.
• Tecaspis (Neochionaspis) asiatica (Archangelskaya, 1930); Bazarov 1969: 34. change of combination
• Chlidaspis asiatica (Archangelskaya, 1930); Takagi & Verma 2001: 195. change of combination Illustr.
• Chladiaspis asiatica; Yousefi, et al. 2018. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

• Asiatic plum scale MillerDa1990
• Central Asian plum scale Danzig1972c
• plum scale MillerDa1990

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 7

Foes:

Families: 4 | Genera: 10

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Danzig1993: pp.361 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Neochionaspis]
• BazaroSh1971: pp.96 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Tecaspis] Key as: Tecaspis prunorum and Tecaspis asiatica
• Bustsh1958: pp.186 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of the tribe Diaspidini]
• Balach1954e: pp.370 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Tecaspis] Key as: Tecaspis prunorum and Tecaspis asiatica
• Archan1937: pp.88 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Chionaspis] Key as: Chionaspis asiatica

Remarks

• Systematics: Chlidaspis asiatica differs from Neochionaspis kirgisica in the median lobes being zygotic with a conspicuous basal yoke and in having a pair of well-developed setae between the median lobe in the adult and 2nd instar females. This species may be referable to Voraspis or Tecaspis, but these genera are at least largely African (Takagi & Verma, 2001). A range of morphological variation in the pygidial lobes was recorded under the synonym Voraspis adlei Balachowsky & Kaussari 1955, on Prunus armeniaca; the median lobes (L1) were described as completely divergent, whereas they are parallel in typical C. asiatica.
• Structure: Adult female scale mussel like, convex and slightly curved, white. Male scale narrow, 0.75-1.25 mm long and 0.25-0.35 mm wide, white, with 3 faintly marked longitudinal ridges. Larval exuviae is orange and partly covered by an excretion. Adult female body is oval, broader in the rear, orange, 1.0-1.25 mm long. Eggs and larvae are orange (Archangelskaya, 1937).
• Biology: In Turkmenistan, larvae emerged on May 12th, mass flight of males was on June 16th and females oviposited on June 30th (Bustshik, 1960). In the former USSR, C. asiatica has two generations per year (Danzig, 1993).
• Economic Importance: Miller & Davidson (1990) list this insect as a pest. Balachowsky (1954e) lists this as a pest of stone fruits in Central Asia and Danzig (1993) lists it as damaging to plum, apricot and almond.
• General Remarks: Detailed descriptions of twig-associated and leaf-associated adult females and 2nd instar male with illustrations by Takagi & Verma (2001).

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