Valid Names Results
Clavaspis covilleae (Ferris, 1919) (Diaspididae: Clavaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus covilleae Ferris 1919a: 64. Type data: U.S.A.: Arizona, east of Phoenix, Mormon Flat, on Covillea glutinosa.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Ferrisaspis covilleae (Ferris, 1919); MacGillivray 1921: 388. Type depository: Lisbon: Coleccoes do Centro de Zoologia do Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Portugal; change of combination
- Clavaspis covilleae (Ferris, 1919); Ferris 1938a: 204. change of combination
Common Names
- Covillea scale McKenz1956
- covillea scale McKenz1956
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 9 | Genera: 10
- Anacardiaceae
- Rhus trilobata | McKenz1956
- Asteraceae
- Pluchea sericea | McKenz1956
- Celastraceae
- Euonymus | Ferris1938a McDani1968 McKenz1956
- Fabaceae
- Acacia pilispina | Ferris1942 McKenz1956
- Oleaceae
- Olea europaea | Ferris1938a McKenz1956
- Rosaceae
- Prunus dulcis | McKenz1956
- Prunus fasciculata | NormarOkMo2019
- Pyrus communis | Ferris1938a McKenz1956
- Solanaceae
- Lycium fremontii | Ferris1942
- Stixaceae
- Forchhammeria | Ferris1942 McKenz1956
- Zygophyllaceae
- Larrea tridentata | Ferris1919a McKenz1956
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 2
- Mexico
- Sonora | Ferris1942
- United States
- Arizona | Ferris1919a Ferris1938a
- California | McKenz1956
- New Mexico | Ferris1942
- Texas | McDani1968
Keys
- Gill1997: pp.101 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
- McDani1968: pp.232 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
- McKenz1956: pp.24 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
- Ferris1942: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female flat, circular, whitish, exuviae subcentral; that of the male elongate oval with exuvia near one end (Ferris, 1938a).
- Biology: The type series was taken from beneath loose bark on exposed roots of Covillea glutinosa. Ferris (1938a) has recorded it from twigs of olive.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1919a, 1938a), McKenzie (1956) and by Gill (1997).
Illustrations
Citations
- AndersWuGr2010: molecular data, 992-1003
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 307
- Borchs1966: catalog, 317-318
- Ferris1919a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 64-65
- Ferris1921b: taxonomy, 94
- Ferris1937c: illustration, taxonomy, 54,72
- Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 204
- Ferris1942: distribution, host, taxonomy, 445:10; 446:31
- Gill1997: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 101,102
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 422-423
- McDani1968: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 232-234
- McKenz1939: taxonomy, 54
- McKenz1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 54,57
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 24
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 17, S1, S6
- RugmanAnMo2010: molecular data, phylogenetics, taxonomy, 30-38
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
