Valid Names Results

Clavaspis subsimilis (Cockerell, 1899) (Diaspididae: Clavaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus subsimilis Cockerell 1899d: 168. Type data: MEXICO: Cuautla, on a leafless tree; Hermosillo, on Caesalpinia palmeri.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) subsimilis Cockerell, 1899; Cockerell 1899a: 396. change of combination
• Aonidiella subsimilis (Cockerell, 1899); Leonardi 1900: 342. change of combination
• Hendaspidiotus subsimilis (Cockerell, 1899); MacGillivray 1921: 440. change of combination
• Clavaspis subsimilis (Cockerell, 1899); Ferris 1938a: 209. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 5 | Genera: 7

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SchneiClWe2020: pp.67-71 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini in Argentina]
• McDani1968: pp.232 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
• Ferris1942: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Newell1899: pp.4-5 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Cockerell (1899d) described the scale "Female scale circular, about 1.5 mm in diameter; flat, thin; pale grey to whitish, or tinged with brown; exuviae covered, inconspicuous, marked by a whitish boss; this scale is very like that of Aspidiotus perniciosus, but there is no distinct dot and ring. Male scale oval, slightly stained with blackish; exuviae yellowish". Ferris (1938a) described the scale "The scales nearly the color of the bark, whitish or gray, that of the female circular flat, exuviae subcentral; that of the male slightly elongate, exuvia near one end".
• Biology: Occurring on the bark of the host (Ferris, 1938a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a).

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