Valid Names Results
Circulaspis fistulella Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Circulaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Circulaspis fistulella Ferris 1938a: 160. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, Point Isabel, on Distichlis spicata.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- salt grass scale Dekle1976
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 5
- Cyperaceae
- Cladium chinense | BenDov1988b | (= Cladium jamaicense)
- Poaceae
- Cynodon dactylon | BenDov1988b
- Distichlis spicata | Ferris1938a
- Spartina | BenDov1988b TippinBe1970
- Spartina bakeri | BenDov1988b
- Spartina patens | BenDov1988b BesheaTiHo1973
- Sporobolus | Ferris1938a
- Sporobolus indicus | BenDov1988b
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Signiphoridae
- Signiphora | BenDov1988b
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- Florida | BenDov1988b BesheaTiHo1973 Dekle1976
- Georgia | BenDov1988b BesheaTiHo1973 TippinBe1970
- Texas | BenDov1988b Ferris1938a McDani1974
Keys
- BenDov1988b: pp.18 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- McDani1974: pp.418 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
- Ferris1942: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female elongate oval, tapering posteriorly, brownish; that of the male slender, similar in color to the female (Ferris, 1938a).
- Biology: Occurring on the upper surface of the strongly revolute leaves of the host.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a) and by Ben-Dov (1988b).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1988b: biological control, description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 21-22,72,100
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 823
- BesheaTiHo1973: distribution, host, 14
- Borchs1966: catalog, 227
- Dekle1976: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 62
- Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 160
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 65
- McDani1974: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 419-420
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 86
- TippinBe1970: distribution, host, 8
