Valid Names Results

Cupidaspis wilkeyi (Howell & Tippins, 1981) (Diaspididae: Cupidaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Paracupidaspis wilkeyi Howell & Tippins 1981: 439-421. Type data: USA: California, Placerville, on Calocedrus decurrens (=Libocedrus decurrens), 8/9/1960, by C.B. Eaton. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Cupidaspis wilkeyi (Howell & Tippins, 1981); Normark, et al. 2019: 60. change of combination

Common Names

• milky conifer scale Gill1997

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• HowellTi1981: pp.419 ( Adult (F) ) [Modified key to the Dianspidini] Key as: Paracupidaspis wilkeyi

Remarks

• Systematics: P. wilkeyi can be separated from its apparent nearest relatives in Cupidaspis by the lack of well-defined rows of dorsal macroducts on prepygidial abdominal segments, by the possession of bilobular second lobes, and well-developed gland spins on pygidial margin.
• Structure: Scale covering elongate, white, with exuviae terminal. That of male similar but much smaller, fully exposed on needles of host.
• Biology: Adult females usually found along seams in leaves or partially hidden under appressed needles. Males usually seen more often hthan females, found in groups on all leaf surfaces. (Gill, 1997)
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration of the adult female, and descriptions of the first instar and second instar male in Howell & Tippins, 1981.

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