Valid Names Results

Greeniella tentaculata (Green, 1919) (Diaspididae: Greeniella)

Nomenclatural History

• Aonidia tentaculata Green 1919c: 440. Type data: INDIA: Kerala, Travancore, Quilon, on Vateria indica. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aonidia tentaculata Ramakrishna Ayyar 1919a: 22. nomen nudum
• Greeniella tentaculata (Green, 1919); Borchsenius 1966: 366. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WilliaMi2010: pp.51-52 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Greeniella.]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale flattish, dull castaneous, consisting of the large, naked nymphal pellicle upon which is superimposed the smaller larval pellicle-of a darker shade of brown (Green, 1919c).
• Biology: Green (1919c) noted in the original description "Associated with Websteriella vaieriae".
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1919c).

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