Valid Names Results

Diaspidiotus spiraspinae Takagi, 1956 (Diaspididae: Diaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

Diaspidiotus spiraspinae Takagi 1956b: 85. Type data: JAPAN: Honsyu, Toyama-ken, Toyama, on Ilex crenata.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Adoxaceae

Viburnum | Kawai1977
Viburnum wrightii | Takagi1956b

Aquifoliaceae

Ilex | Kawai1977
Ilex crenata | Takagi1956b

Cornaceae

Cornus | Kawai1977

Oleaceae

Ligustrum | Kawai1977

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Japan | Kawai1977 Kawai1980

Honshu | Takagi1956b

Keys

Remarks

Structure: The scale is of the type common to the genus, being gray; it tends to be covered by the epidermis of the host when it occurs on Viburnum (Takagi, 1969b).
Biology: Occurs on bark of the hosts (Takagi, 1956b).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Takagi (1956b).

Illustrations

Citations

BenDovGe2003: catalog, 439
Borchs1966: catalog, 326
DanzigPe1998: catalog, 241
Kawai1977: distribution, economic importance, host, 160,162
Kawai1980: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 221-222
Muraka1970: distribution, host, 74
Takagi1956b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 85-86
Takagi1974: taxonomy, 29