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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 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, which is homonym of Aspidiotus pini Bouche, 1851.
• 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 Bouche, 1851. No Replacement Name has been formally proposed for the former. 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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