Valid Names Results

Chortinaspis iridis Balachowsky, 1941 (Diaspididae: Chortinaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chortinaspis iridis Balachowsky 1941: 9. Type data: SYRIA: on Iris sp. and ISRAEL: on Iris sp. and Iris nazarina.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus iridis (Balachowsky, 1941); Lindinger 1943b: 217. change of combination
• Chortinaspis iridis Balachowsky, 1941; Borchsenius 1966: 280. revived combination (previously published)

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]
• Danzig1993: pp.176 ( Adult (F) ) [Europe]
• Balach1948b: pp.383 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean]
• Ferris1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, grey; exuviae central, brown; ventral scale not distinct; diameter 1.6 mm. Male scale of similar structure, grey, elongate, 1.3 mm (Balachowsky, 1941, 1948b).
• Biology: Infests the subterranean, herbaceous parts but not the rhizomes (Balachowsky, 1941).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1941, 1948b).

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