Valid Names Results

Conchaspis newsteadi Cockerell, 1897 (Conchaspididae: Conchaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Conchaspis newsteadi Cockerell 1897u: 270. Type data: MEXICO: Vera Cruz, on Plumeria sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1974a: pp.370 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• Mamet1954b: pp.238 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of female overlapping; subcircular to oval, dirty white, low conical, diameter 2.5 mm. Apex blunted, no radiating ridges. Scale of male similar in texture to that of the female, but small and elongate (Cockerell, 1897u).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Mamet (1954b).

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