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Dynaspidiotus californicus (Coleman, 1903) (Diaspididae: Dynaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (?) pini Comstock 1881a: 306. Type data: U.S.A.: New York, Ithaca, on leaves of Pinus rigida and Georgia, Macon, on Pinus mitis.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; junior homonym Notes: Homonym of Aspidiotus pini Hartig (1839) and Bouche (1851). Illustr.
• Aspidiotus abietis; Cockerell 1894l: 190. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1966, 275).
• Aspidiotus abietis pini Comstock, 1881; Cockerell 1896b: 333. change in status (level)
• Aspidiotus californicus Coleman 1903: 64. Type data: U.S.A.: California, at nine localities, on Pinus sabiniana, P. ponderosa, P. lambertiana and P. attenuata.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym replacing a junior homonym Notes: Replacement name for Aspidiotus ? pini Comstock, 1881a.
• Nuculaspis californica (Coleman, 1903); Ferris 1938a: 251. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
• Aspidiotus (Nuculaspis) californicus Coleman, 1903; Merrill 1953: 16. change of combination
• Dynaspidiotus californicus (Coleman, 1903); Danzig 1993: 149. change of combination
• Nuculaspis californica (Coleman, 1903); Miller & Davidson 2005: 296. revived combination (previously published)
• Dynaspidiotus californica (Coleman, 1903); Normark 2019: S5. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• black pine leaf scale Dekle1965c McKenz1956 Merril1953
• escama negra de las hojas de pino KondoWa2022b

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerDa2005: pp.29 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales] Key as: Nuculaspis californica
• Koszta1996: pp.543 ( 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]
• Comsto1883: pp.55-57 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Systematics: Genbank accession numbers: KF887380 and KF887381. Aspidiotus ? pini Comstock, 1881a: 306, (described from Pinus in USA, New York) is a homonym of Aspidiotus pini Hartig, 1839 and Aspidiotus pini Bouche, 1851. No Replacement Name has been formally proposed for Aspidiotus ? pini Comstock, 1881. However, Aspidiotus californicus Coleman, 1903 (described from Pinus spp. in USA, California) was found by Ferris (1938a: 190) to be a synonym of Aspidiotus ? pini Comstock, 1881a, becoming therefore a Replacement Name.
• Structure: Female scale oblong-oval, and rather conical, 2 mm long, 1 mm wide; colour blackish with pale edges; exuviae central, reddish-brown; great variation in size and form were observed (Coleman, 1903). Scale of the female quite black, usually with one margin set against the edge of a needle and therefore the scale forced to be slightly elongate, exuviae central; scale of the male darker, elongate oval, exuvia central (Ferris, 1938a). Colour photograph by Gill (1997).
• Biology: Occurring on the needles (Ferris, 1938a).
• Economic Importance: The black pineleaf scale is considered a serious pest of pines in the West Coast of the USA (Gill, 1997).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1920b; 1938a), McKenzie (1956), Kosztarab (1996) and by Gill (1997).

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