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Duplaspidiotus tesseratus (Grandpré & Charmoy, 1899) (Diaspididae: Duplaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) tesseratus Grandpré & Charmoy 1899: 23. Type data: MAURITIUS: on grapevine.. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: Type-material lost (Mamet, 1941). However, Williams (2017a) suggests that material in E.E. Green’s collection at The Natural History Museum, London, U.K. is probably part of the original material. Illustr.
Aspidiotus tesseratus Grandpré & Charmoy, 1899; Cockerell 1899n: 24. change of combination
Pseudaonidia tesserata (Grandpré & Charmoy, 1899); Fernald 1903b: 284. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Pseudaonidia tesserata; Fernald 1903b: 284. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "de Charm." as author.
Pseudaonidia oreodoxae Rutherford 1914: 260. Type data: SRI LANKA: Paradeniya, on stem of Cabbage Palm, Oreodoxa oleracea, Royal Palm, Acalypha sp. and on Broussonetia papyrifera.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 235).
Pseudaonidia tesserata; Brain 1919: 206. subsequent use Notes: Incorrect citation of "d'Emmerez" as author.
Lattaspidiotus oreodoxae (Rutherford, 1914); MacGillivray 1921: 458. change of combination
Lattaspidiotus tesserata (Fernald, 1903); MacGillivray 1921: 458. change of combination
Pseudaonidia subtesserata Green & Laing 1923: 127. Type data: JAMAICA: Hill Crest, on gungo (Congo) peas.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Borchs1966, 235). Illustr.
Duplaspidiotus tesseratus (Grandpré & Charmoy, 1899); Ferris 1938a: 227. change of combination
Duplaspidiotus subtesseratus (Green & Laing, 1923); Ferris 1942: 445. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Pseudaonidia (Duplaspidiotus) tesserata Fernald, 1903; Merrill 1953: 75. change of combination
Duplaspidiotus tesseratus (Grandpré & Charmoy, 1899); Balachowsky 1958b: 266. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Tesserate scale MillerDa2005

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 14 | Genera: 20

Annonaceae

Oxandra lanceolata | MestreHaEv2011

Apocynaceae

Allamanda | Borchs1966 Mamet1941 Mamet1949

Arecaceae

Prestoea | Green1922 Ramakr1921a | (= Oreodoxa)
Roystonea oleracea | Ruther1914 | (= Oreodoxa oleracea)
Roystonea regia | Balach1958b Green1937 | (= Oreodoxa regia)

Dipterocarpaceae

Monotes glaber | Balach1958b Green1937 Hall1929a

Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha | DeLott1967a Ruther1914
Acalypha grandis | Borchs1966 Mamet1943a Mamet1949

Fabaceae

Cassia fistula | Newste1914
Inga laurina | Ferris1938a
Leucaena leucocephala | Borchs1966 Green1937 Houser1918 Mamet1943a Mamet1949 MerrilCh1923 | (= Leucaena glauca)

Lythraceae

Punica granatum | BalikaKoPr2011

Malvaceae

Hibiscus | Dekle1965c Zimmer1948
Malvaviscus | Cocker1899n Ferris1938a

Meliaceae

Swietenia mahagoni | GomezM1941

Moraceae

Broussonetia | Green1937
Broussonetia papyrifera | Ruther1914
Ficus | Ferris1938a

Passifloraceae

Passiflora | Balach1958b

Rosaceae

Prunus | MerrilCh1923
Rosa | Ferris1938a

Theaceae

Camellia | Dekle1965c

Vitaceae

Vitis | Borchs1966 GrandpCh1899 Green1937 Lepage1938 Mamet1941
Vitis vinifera | Borchs1966 GrandpCh1899 Mamet1943a Mamet1949

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 24

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua | Green1907
Antigua | WalkerWaEv1974

Barbados | Newste1914

Brazil

Rio Grande do Sul | BertelBa1966
Rio de Janeiro | Lepage1938

Colombia | Kondo2001

Cuba | Houser1918 MestreHaEv2011

Dominican Republic | GomezM1941

Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006

Guam | Beards1966

Haiti | PerezG2008

Hawaiian Islands

Hawaii | Zimmer1948

India

Karnataka | Varshn2002
Maharashtra | Varshn2002
Tamil Nadu | Varshn2002

Indonesia

Java | Ferris1938a

Jamaica | Ferris1942 GreenLa1923 Newste1917b

Kenya | DeLott1967a

Martinique | MatileEt2006

Mauritius | Borchs1966 GrandpCh1899 Mamet1941 Mamet1943a Mamet1949 Mamet1953a

Mexico | Ferris1938a

Veracruz | Cocker1899n Ferris1938a

Pakistan | Varshn2002

Puerto Rico & Vieques Island

Puerto Rico | Ferris1938a Martor1976

South Africa | Brain1919 Green1937

Sri Lanka | Green1922 Ramakr1921a Ruther1914

U.S. Virgin Islands | Nakaha1983

United States

Florida | Dekle1965c Merril1953 MerrilCh1923

Zimbabwe | Balach1958b Hall1929a

Keys

MillerDa2005: pp.29-34 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales]
MillerDa2005: pp.20 ( Adult (F) ) [Armored Scales]
Beards1966: pp.517 ( Adult (F) ) [Federated States of Micronesia ]
Balach1958b: pp.258 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
Zimmer1948: pp.352 ( Adult (F) ) [Hawaii]
Ferris1942: pp.33 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Brain1919: pp.206 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]
Marlat1908: pp.135 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

Structure: Female scale more or less circular; slightly convex anteriorly, reddish; the rest of scale flat, uniformly brown reddish; ventral scale white, remains attached to the host plant twigs (Grandpre & Charmoy, 1899). Female scale gray, circular or oval, highly convex, very thick and heavy, exuviae subcentral; that of the male not seen (Ferris, 1938a).
Biology: Occurring on the bark (Ferris, 1938a).
Economic Importance: Schmutterer et al. (1957) noted that this species is a pest of grapevine in Central and South America.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green & Laing (1923), Ferris (1938a), Zimmerman (1948), Balachowsky (1958b) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998).

Illustrations

Citations

Balach1957c: distribution, host, 200
Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 266-268
Balach1959a: distribution, host, 362
BalikaKoPr2011: distribution, host, 579
Beards1966: distribution, host, 517
BeardsDaHo1976: economic importance, 106
BenDovGe2003: catalog, 464-467
BertelBa1966: distribution, host, 17-46
BiezanSe1940: distribution, host, 67-68
Borchs1966: catalog, 234-235
Brain1919: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 206-207
BurgerUl1990: economic importance, 313-327
ClapsWoGo2001a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 17
Cocker1899n: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 24
Cocker1899r: taxonomy, 900
ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 55-56
CostaL1942: distribution, host, taxonomy, 277
DeLott1967a: distribution, host, 114
Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 60
Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 79
FengWe2011: taxonomy, 173
Fernal1903b: 284
Ferris1937c: illustration, taxonomy, 51,80
Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 227
Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 49
Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:33
FoldiSo1989: distribution, host, 411
GomezM1941: distribution, host, 139
Gowdey1921: distribution, host, 30
GrandpCh1899: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 23
Green1907: distribution, host, 203
Green1922: distribution, host, 462
Green1937: catalog, distribution, host, 334
GreenLa1921: taxonomy, 126
GreenLa1923: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 127
Hall1929a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 359
Houser1918: distribution, host, 167
Hunt1939: distribution, host, 548-566
JoshiBaBh2024: diagnosis, 4
Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 44
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 16
Lepage1938: catalog, 418
Lepesm1947: distribution, host, 196
MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 457-458
Mamet1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 28
Mamet1943a: 159
Mamet1949: catalog, 58-59
Mamet1953a: taxonomy, 152
Marlat1908: distribution, host, taxonomy, 139
Martor1976: distribution, host, 14,224
MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 170
Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 75
MerrilCh1923: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 249-250
MestreHaEv2011: distribution, host, 11
Meurge2011: distribution, 81
MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 302
MillerDa2005: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 191-193
Montgo1921: distribution, host, 41-55
Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 34
Nakaha1983: distribution, host, 11
Newell1923: distribution, host, 263-266
Newste1914: distribution, host, 309
Newste1917b: distribution, host, 132
PerezG2008: distribution, 214
Ramakr1921a: catalog, distribution, host, 359
RaoCh1950: taxonomy, 19,27
Ruther1914: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 260-261
Sassce1923: distribution, host, 152-158
SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 494
Singh1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 213
Varshn2002: distribution, host, 29-30
WalkerWaEv1974: distribution, host, 23
Watson2021: distribution, 523
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 233, 234
ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 164
Zimmer1948: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 352-354