Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus crystallinus Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaspidiotus crystallinus Ferris 1938a: 220. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, Woodville, on "ironwood" [probably either Olneya tesota or Acacia flexicaulis, both of which trees are commonly known as ironwood].. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• McDani1969: pp.90-91 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
• Ferris1942: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scales pure white and composed of quite thick and crystalline appearing wax, that of the female elongate oval, with exuviae near one end and with a quite thick ventral scale, that of the male similar in form and with exuvia apical (Ferris, 1938a).
• Biology: Occurring in cracks in the bark (Ferris, 1938a).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a).

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