Valid Names Results

Chortinaspis frankliniana Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Chortinaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus graminellus; Ferris 1919a: 65. misidentification (discovered by Ferris1938a, 196).
• Chortinaspis frankliniana Ferris 1938a: 196. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, near El Paso, on Mt. Franklin, on Hilaria cenchroides.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiFe2011: pp.166-167 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of the genus Chortinaspis all of the world]
• McDani1968: pp.221 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
• Ferris1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Ferris1942: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female white, elongate oval, rather thin, exuviae apical. Scale of the male elongate, slightly darker than that of the female, exuvia apical (Ferris, 1938a).
• Biology: Occurring on the tomentose stems of the host and almost concealed by the silvery hairs (Ferris, 1938a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a).

Illustrations

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