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Kuwanaspis annandalei (Green, 1919) (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Chionaspis annandalei Green 1919c: 434. Type data: INDIA: Bihar, Paresnath Hill, on Dendrocalamus strictus, 10/04/1909, by N. Annandale. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Kuwanaspis annandalei (Green, 1919); Borchsenius 1966: 90. change of combination
Kuwanaspis annandale (Green, 1919); Ali 1969a: 54. misspelling of species epithet
Kuwanaspis amandalei (Green, 1919); Tao 1978: 106. misspelling of species epithet

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 3

Systematics: This species is very close to or even identical with K. bambusicola (Takagi, 1999a).
Structure: Female cover white, exuviae castaneous, elongate, straight or slightly curved, very narrow; underside with ventral scale enclosing the insect and eggs, except for a narrow median slit which remains open, 2.0-2.5 mm long. Male cover pure white, indistinct median carina, exuviae castaneous, 1.25 mm long. Adult female elongate, linear (Green, 1919c).
Biology: Kuwanaspis annandalei was collected at an altitude of 850 meters (Green, 1919c).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Green (1919c).