Valid Names Results
Hemiberlesia loranthi (Laing, 1929) (Diaspididae: Hemiberlesia)Nomenclatural History
- Aspidiotus loranthi Laing 1929: 21. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Victoria, Eltham, on Loranthus pendulus; collected by J.E. Dixon.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Hemiberlesia loranthi (Laing, 1929); Balachowsky 1948: 58. change of combination
- Diaspidiotus loranthi (Laing, 1929); Brimblecombe 1958: 59. change of combination
- Hemiberlesia loranthi (Laing, 1929); Borchsenius 1966: 308. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 8
- Fabaceae
- Jacksonia scoparia | Brimbl1968
- Loranthaceae
- Amyema pendula | Brimbl1968
- Dendrophthoe falcata | Brimbl1968
- Loranthus | Brimbl1958
- Tapinanthus dependens | Brimbl1958 Laing1929 | (= Loranthus pendulus)
- Meliaceae
- Cedrela | Brimbl1968
- Toona ciliata | Brimbl1968 | (= Cedrela toona australis)
- Moraceae
- Ficus carica | Brimbl1968
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- New South Wales | Brimbl1958
- Queensland | Brimbl1958
- Victoria | Brimbl1958 Laing1929
Keys
- Balach1953k: pp.115 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale subcircular, highly convex, almost conical, dark blackish grey, practically the colour of the bark of the host-plant, the surface roughened and corrugated; pellicles subcentral bright orange-yellow; a subcircular white patch left on bark when scale removed; diameter 0.75 mm (Laing, 1929).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Laing (1929) and by Brimblecombe (1958).
Illustrations
Citations
- Balach1948b: taxonomy, 298
- Balach1953k: taxonomy, 115
- Balach1956: taxonomy, 107
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 545
- Borchs1966: catalog, 308
- Brimbl1958: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 59-61
- Brimbl1962: distribution, economic importance, host, 221
- Brimbl1968: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 49
- Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 45
- Laing1929: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 21-22
