Valid Names Results

Chortinaspis divaricata Ferris, 1946 (Diaspididae: Chortinaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Chortinaspis divaricata Ferris 1946: 39. Type data: U.S.A.: Florida, Lake Gem, on Eleusine indica; collected by H.W. Fogg, August, 31, 1923.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

wiregrass scale Dekle1965c

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Poaceae

Aristida | BesheaTiHo1973 TippinBe1972
Eleusine indica | Dekle1965c Ferris1946 Merril1953

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

United States

Florida | BesheaTiHo1973 Dekle1965c Ferris1946 Merril1953 TippinBe1972
Georgia | BesheaTiHo1973

Keys

WeiFe2011: pp.166-167 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of the genus Chortinaspis all of the world (adult female)]
Ferris1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

Structure: Ferris (1946) informed that only slide-mounted specimens were available for the description.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1946).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDovGe2003: catalog, 248-249
BesheaTiHo1973: distribution, host, 5
Borchs1966: catalog, 279
Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 57
Ferris1946: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 39,46
Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 34
Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 21
TippinBe1972: distribution, host, 287
WeiFe2011: distribution, taxonomy, 165-167