Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus aesculi (Johnson, 1896) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus aesculi Johnson 1896: 152. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Santa Clara County, on buckeye, Aesculus californica.. 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) aesculi Johnson, 1896; Cockerell 1897i: 20. change of combination
• Chrysomphalus aesculi (Johnson, 1896); Leonardi 1900: 342. change of combination
• Diaspidiotus aesculi (Johnson, 1896); MacGillivray 1921: 414. change of combination

Common Names

• buckeye Aspidiotus Johnso1896
• buckeye scale McKenz1956
• Buckeye scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 8 | Genera: 12

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• NucifoWaRu2020: pp.589 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspidiotus on Betulaceae]
• Gill1997: pp.113 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
• Koszta1996: pp.484-485 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North America ]
• McKenz1956: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
• Ferris1942: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Newell1899: pp.4-5 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Systematics: Diaspiciotus aesculi is a problematic species within the Diaspidiotus clade illustrated in Schneider, et al., 2018.
• Structure: Scale of the female gray, circular, quite flat, exuviae subcentral, that of the male elongate, gray, exuvia near one hand (Ferris, 1938a). Colour photograph by Gill (1997).
• Biology: Occurring on the bark. Causing pitting on the bark of the host plants (Ferris, 1938a).
• Economic Importance: This species was reported to cause pitting on twigs of the host plants, but not of economic importance (Ferris, 1938a; Gill, 1997).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a), McKenzie (1956), Kosztarab (1996) and by Gill (1997).

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