Valid Names Results

Circulaspis bibursella Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Circulaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Circulaspis bibursella Ferris 1938a: 158. Type data: MEXICO: State of Colima, Manzanillo, on undetermined coarse grass.. 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

• BenDov1988b: pp.18 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Ferris1942: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female brown, sometimes slightly fluffy from unconsolidated wax threads, broadly oval; scale of the male similar in color, slender (Ferris, 1938a).
• Biology: Occurring exposed on the leaves and beneath the leaf sheaths.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a) and by Ben-Dov (1988b).

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