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Diaspis chilensis Cockerell, 1895 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Diaspis chilensis Cockerell 1895t: 6. Type data: CHILE: Salto de Ramon, on unidentified tree, 12/01/1895, by F. Lataste. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Families: 5 | Genera: 5

Countries: 1

Systematics: Diaspis chilensis is allied to D. cacti (=D. echinocacti) (Cockerell, 1895t).
Structure: Female scale circular, flattened, slightly convex, 3 mm in diameter, dull white, smooth. Exuviae broadly oval, small, placed a little to one side, first skin naked, yellowish, shiny easily deciduous, placed wholly on second skin and not much away from its center, second skin pale orange, covered more or less, often so much covered by the white secretion as to have an indistinct outline. Adult female brown, colorless when boiled in caustic alkali (Cockerell, 1895t).
General Remarks: Best description by Cockerell (1895t).

AlvareLiLu2020: phylogeny, 5
AmouroCrCo2019: distribution, natural enemies, 12
AmouroCrGe2017: phylogenetics, phylogeny, 3
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 170
Charli1972: distribution, 215
ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 242
Cocker1895t: description, distribution, taxonomy, 6
Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 229
Gonzal2016: diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, 13, 31, 36, 101, 121-122
GonzalCh1968: distribution, 110
Lindin1949: taxonomy, 212
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 220