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Epidiaspis baccharidis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Epidiaspis)

Diaspis baccharidis Townsend & Cockerell 1898: 179-180. Type data: MEXICO: Amecameca, on Baccharis glutinosa, 01/06/1897, by Koebele. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Epidiaspis baccharidis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898); Ferris 1937: SI-50. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:54 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Epidiaspis]
MacGil1921: pp.321 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Diaspis] Key as: Diaspis bacchardis

Structure: Female scale broad, oyster-shell shaped, 2.0-2.5 mm long, 1.5-2.0 mm wide, flattened, exuviae at smaller end which corresponds to the hinge end of an oyster shell, leaving a whitish film on bark when detached. The underside of the scale is grayish. Outside surface of scale is wholly covered in all cases with a grayish-brown fungus. Male scale distinctly tricarinate, white, exuviae at one end, brownish-yellow. Adult female subcircular, tinged with brownish-yellow, three pairs of lobes, median largest (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898).

Balach1954e: taxonomy, 218
Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 179
Cocker1899a: taxonomy, 398
Cocker1899n: distribution, host, 28
Cocker1902d: taxonomy, 58
Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 228
Ferris1937: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SI-31, SI-50
Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446:54
Hall1941: taxonomy, 230
MacGil1921: distribution, host, taxonomy, 321
TownseCo1898: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 179-180
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 218