Valid Names Results

Chortinaspis consolidata Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Chortinaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chortinaspis consolidata Ferris 1941d: 338. Type data: U.S.A.: California, San Bernandino County, near Old Woman Springs, on a grass Hilaria rigida.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

• grass scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• McKenz1956: pp.24 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
• Ferris1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Ferris1942: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [North America ]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female white, somewhat convex, oval, with the exuviae toward one end, ventral scale thin. Scale of the male white, elongate, with the exuvia apical (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring on the stems, concealed beneath the coating of tomentum (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d), McKenzie (1956) and by Gill (1997).

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