Valid Names Results

Chortinaspis subchortina (Laing, 1929) (Diaspididae: Chortinaspis)

Aspidiotus subchortinus Laing 1929a: 486. Type data: JAMAICA: Hope Laboratory, on water-grass [Panicum] sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Chortinaspis subchortina (Laing, 1929); Ferris 1941d: 339. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender

Families: 1 | Genera: 3

Countries: 9

WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
WeiFe2011: pp.166-167 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of the genus Chortinaspis all of the world (adult female)]
McDani1968: pp.221 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
Ferris1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Ferris1942: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Structure: Scale of the female pale brown with the area over the first exuvia white, moderately convex, oval, with the exuviae toward one side; ventral scale present but thin. Scale of the male somewhat elongate, with the exuvia at one end, color as in the female (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: Occurring in the material at hand on the smaller stems of the host (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Laing (1929a) and by Ferris (1941d).