Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus fraxini (McKenzie, 1944) (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Hemiberlesia fraxini McKenzie 1944: 53. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Riverside County, property at Ondio (near La Quinta), on Fraxinus velutina.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Abgrallaspis fraxini (McKenzie, 1944); Balachowsky 1953k: 113. Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; change of combination
• Aspidiotus fraxini (McKenzie, 1944); Lindinger 1957: 543. change of combination
• Aspidiotus fraxinorum (McKenzie, 1944); Lindinger 1957: 543. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by Borchs1966, 315).
• Diaspidiotus fraxini (McKenzie, 1944); Normark, Morse, Krewinski & Okusu 2014: 44. change of combination

Common Names

• Ash scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Gill1997: pp.32 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California] Key as: Abgrallaspis fraxini
• Komosi1969: pp.76-78 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Abgrallaspis fraxini
• Davids1964: pp.639-640 ( Adult (F) ) [North America] Key as: Abgrallaspis fraxini
• McKenz1956: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California] Key as: Hemiberlesia fraxini

Remarks

• Systematics: Abgrallaspis fraxini was moved to Diaspidiotus based on molecular data. (Normark, et al., 2014)
• Structure: Female scale circular, about 1.5 mm in diameter, 0.8 mm wide (McKenzie, 1944).
• Economic Importance: Recorded from leaves of ash, Fraxinus velutina, Arizona, where it caused noticeable injury by removing the chlorophyll from leaf tissue (McKenzie, 1944).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1944, 1956), Komosinska (1969) and by Gill (1997).

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