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Hemiberlesia cupressi (Cockerell, 1899) (Diaspididae: Hemiberlesia)

Aspidiotus cupressi Cockerell 1899d: 168. Type data: MEXICO: Toluca, on twigs of Cupressus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Aspidiotus (Hemiberlesia) cupressi Cockerell, 1899; Cockerell 1899a: 396. change of combination
Hemiberlesia cupressi (Cockerell, 1899); Leonardi 1900: 338. change of combination
Hendaspidiotus cupressi (Cockerell, 1899); MacGillivray 1921: 440. change of combination
Hemiberlesia cupressi (Cockerell, 1899); Borchsenius 1966: 304. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

NormarMoKr2014: pp.46-47 ( Adult (F) ) [Modifications to Ferris's 1942 key to the species of North American Hemiberlesia to include both South American and North American species]
Balach1956: pp.105-108 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
Balach1953k: pp.115 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Ferris1942: pp.35 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Newell1899: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Structure: Female scale small, about 1 mm in diameter; rather convex; white; exuviae subcentral to lateral, covered by a white film, the film often rubbed off, leaving the exuviae exposed, shining yellow, or sometimes quite coppery yellow; young scales round and very white (Cockerell, 1899d). Female scale flat, circular, white, exuviae central; that of the male similar in color, elongate, oval, exuvia somewhat toward one end (Ferris, 1938a).
Biology: Occurring on the bark and the cones of the host (Ferris, 1938a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Cockerell (1899d) and by Ferris (1938a).