Valid Names Results

Chortinaspis graminella (Cockerell, 1901) (Diaspididae: Chortinaspis)

Aspidiotus graminellus Cockerell 1901d: 333. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Las Vegas, on leaves of grass.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Targionia graminella (Cockerell, 1901); Fernald 1903b: 297. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Gonaspidiotus graminellus (Cockerell, 1901); MacGillivray 1921: 432. change of combination
Chortinaspis graminella (Cockerell, 1901); Ferris 1938a: 197. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Countries: 1

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]
Cocker1905b: pp.201 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Colorado]

Structure: Scale of the female elongate oval, white, quite thin; exuviae apical; scale of the male white, elongate, exuvia apical; there is a distinct purple blotching present associated with this species on Bouteloua in Colorado, USA (Ferris, 1938a).
Biology: Occurring on the leaves (Ferris, 1938a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Cockerell (1901d) and by Ferris (1919a, 1938a).