Valid Names Results
Chrysomphalus diversicolor (Green, 1923) (Diaspididae: Chrysomphalus)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) pinnulifera diversicolor Green 1923b: 96. Type data: MADEIRA: on Citrus sp., Musa sp., Buxus sp., Psidium sp., Phoenix sp., Asparagus sp., and on Dracaena sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Chrysomphalus diversicolor (Green, 1923); McKenzie 1939: 59. change in status (level)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 23 | Genera: 34
- Apocynaceae
- Mascarenhasia arborescens | Borchs1966 Mamet1951
- Araliaceae
- Hedera helix | GomezM1967O McKenz1939
- Araucariaceae
- Araucaria | Borchs1966 Mamet1951
- Arecaceae
- Arecaceae | Hall1928
- Dypsis baronii | Borchs1966 Mamet1954
- Phoenix | Borchs1966 Green1923b
- Phoenix canariensis | McKenz1939
- Phoenix dactylifera | Green1923b McKenz1939
- Asparagaceae
- Asparagus | Borchs1966 Green1923b McKenz1939
- Dracaena | Green1923b McKenz1939
- Bignoniaceae
- Campsis radicans | Borchs1966 Mamet1950
- Buxaceae
- Buxus | Borchs1966 Green1923b McKenz1939
- Buxus sempervirens | Green1923b
- Cycadaceae
- Cycas revoluta | Borchs1966 Green1923b Mamet1949
- Fabaceae
- Bauhinia | Borchs1966 Mamet1949
- Lauraceae
- Cinnamomum camphora | Borchs1966 Mamet1951
- Persea americana | Borchs1966 GomezM1967O Mamet1950
- Moraceae
- Ficus | Borchs1966 Mamet1950
- Musaceae
- Musa | Borchs1966 Green1923b McKenz1939
- Musa acuminata | Green1923b
- Myrtaceae
- Callistemon rigidus | Borchs1966 Mamet1950
- Eugenia | Borchs1966 Mamet1950
- Psidium | Borchs1966 Green1923b McKenz1939
- Psidium cattleyanum | Green1923b
- Psidium guajava | Borchs1966 Mamet1950
- Syzygium condensatum | Borchs1966 Mamet1954
- Oleaceae
- Fraxinus | Borchs1966 Mamet1950
- Orchidaceae
- Cymbidium | McKenz1939
- Dendrobium nobile | Borchs1966 Mamet1949
- Dendrobium pulchellum | Borchs1966 Mamet1949
- Vanda tricolor | Borchs1966 Mamet1949
- Vanilla | Borchs1966 Mamet1950
- Pandanaceae
- Pandanus | Borchs1966 Mamet1951
- Phyllanthaceae
- Bridelia tulasneana | Borchs1966 Mamet1954
- Proteaceae
- Grevillea | Borchs1966 Mamet1954
- Rubiaceae
- Breonadia salicina | Borchs1966 Mamet1951
- Cinchona calisaya | Borchs1966 Mamet1951
- Cinchona pubescens | Borchs1966 Mamet1951
- Rutaceae
- Citrus | Borchs1966 Green1923b Mamet1951 McKenz1939
- Citrus aurantium | Hall1928
- Salicaceae
- Populus | Borchs1966 Mamet1954
- Theaceae
- Camellia | Borchs1966 Mamet1949
- Urticaceae
- Pilea urticifolia | Borchs1966 Mamet1949
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 9
- Canary Islands | GomezM1967O
- India
- Tamil Nadu | Varshn2002
- Madagascar | Borchs1966 Mamet1950 Mamet1951 Mamet1954
- Madeira Islands | Borchs1966 Green1923 Green1923b McKenz1939
- Mauritius | Borchs1966 Mamet1943a Mamet1949
- Portugal | FrancoRuMa2011 Seabra1942
- South Africa | Borchs1966 Green1923 McKenz1939
- Sri Lanka | McKenz1939
- United States
- Alabama | WaltmaRaWi2016
Keys
- SmithPEvDo2012: pp.6-May ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of the genus Chrysomphalus]
- McKenz1943: pp.150 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- McKenz1939: pp.63, 64 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of female differing from that of typical pinnulifera in the diverse colouring of the secretionary appendix, which varies from blackish or purplish, through various shades of brown, to almost pure white; exuviae are always reddish (Green, 1923b). Scale of the female extremely variable in color, ranging from blackish or purplish through various shades of brown to almost gray, the central exuviae in all specimens being reddish (McKenzie, 1939).
- Biology: Occurring on the leaves (McKenzie, 1939).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1923b). Description of adult female by McKenzie (1939).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1948b: taxonomy, 355
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 293-294
- Borchs1966: catalog, 289
- Chambe1927: taxonomy, 289
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 43
- FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 2,10,23
- GomezM1967O: distribution, host, 131
- Green1923b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 89,96,97
- Hall1928: distribution, host, 276
- Mamet1943a: 158
- Mamet1949: catalog, 56
- Mamet1950: distribution, host, 22
- Mamet1951: distribution, host, 226
- Mamet1954: distribution, host, 16
- McKenz1939: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 54,59,64
- McKenz1943: taxonomy, 150
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- Seabra1942: distribution, 2
- SmithPEvDo2012: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 5-6,12-13
- Varshn2002: distribution, host, 27
- WaltmaRaWi2016: distribution, 231
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 222
