Valid Names Results

Greenaspis arundinariae (Green, 1899) (Diaspididae: Greenaspis)

Chionaspis arundinariae Green 1899a: 127. Type data: SRI LANKA: Kelani Valley, Udagama, on Arundinaria sp. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Canaspis arundinariae (Green, 1899); MacGillivray 1921: 353. change of combination
Trichomytilus arundinariae (Green, 1899); Lindinger 1933a: 165. change of combination
Greenaspis arundinariae (Green, 1899); Ferris 1952a: 7. change of combination
Phenacaspis arundinariae (Green, 1899); Ferris 1956: 68. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Green1899a: pp.108 ( ) [Synopsis of Chionaspis species] Key as: Chionaspis arundinariae

Structure: Female scale whitish, very faintly tinged with ochreous, irregular in outline, broadest immediately behind the second exuviae. Male scale white, very thin and delicate, faintly carinate, sides sub-parallel, exuviae pale ochreous, with opaque spots and marginal spines. Adult female oblong, broadest across mesothorax, pale yellow (Green, 1899a).
Economic Importance: Wang et al. (1998) cite this species as a minor pest of bamboo.
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1899a).