Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus forbesi Johnson 1896: 151. Type data: U.S.A.: Illinois, locality not indicated, on cherry, currant, apple, peach, pear and honey locust.. 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) forbesi Johnson, 1896; Cockerell 1897i: 21. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Aspidiella) forbesi Johnson, 1896; Leonardi 1898a: 63. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) fernaldi hesperius Cockerell 1902: 450. Type data: U.S.A.: Arizona, Prescott, on bark of an undetermined bush; collected May 1902.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 330).
• Aspidiotus fernaldi hesperius Cockerell, 1902; Fernald 1903b: 259. change of combination
• Diaspidiotus forbesi (Johnson, 1896); Cockerell 1905b: 202. change of combination
• Forebesaspis forbesi (Johnson, 1896); MacGillivray 1921: 388. change of combination
• Forbesaspis (Aspidiotus) forbesi (Johnson, 1896); Borchsenius 1935a: 31. change of combination
• Quadraspidiotus forbesi (Johnson, 1896); Ferris 1938a: 255. change of combination
• Aspidiotus hesperius Cockerell, 1902; Ferris 1938a: 190. change of combination and rank
• Aspidiotus (Quadraspidiotus) forbesi Johnson, 1896; Merrill 1953: 20. change of combination
• Diaspidiotus fobesi (Johnson, 1896); Borchsenius 1966: 330. misspelling of species epithet
• Diaspidiotus forbesi (Johnson, 1896); Borchsenius 1966: 330. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

• cherry Aspidiotus Johnso1896
• cherry scale Brain1918 Hollin1923 MerrilCh1923
• Forbes scale Dekle1965c McKenz1956 MillerDa2005

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 13 | Genera: 22

Foes:

Families: 7 | Genera: 12

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• NucifoWaRu2020: pp.589 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspidiotus on Betulaceae]
• MillerDa2005: pp.29-36 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales]
• Gill1997: pp.243 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
• Koszta1996: pp.575 ( Adult (F) ) [Northeastern North America]
• McKenz1956: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
• Ferris1942: pp.39 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Britto1923: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Connecticut]
• Hollin1923: pp.7-8 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Missouri]
• Brain1918: pp.124 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]
• Lawson1917: pp.217 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Kansas]
• DietzMo1916a: pp.289-290 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Indiana ]
• Cocker1905b: pp.202 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Colorado]
• Newell1899: pp.4-5 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female gray, elongate oval, high convex, the exuviae toward one end; scale of the male elongate, exuvia toward one end (Ferris, 1938a).
• Biology: Occurring on the bark (Ferris, 1938a).
• Economic Importance: A pest of forest and fruit trees in North America (Davidson & Miller, 1990).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1918), Ferris (1938a), McKenzie (1956), Balachowsky (1958b), Kosztarab (1996), Gill (1997) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998).

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