Valid Names Results

Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899) (Diaspididae: Kuwanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis bambusicola Cockerell 1899c: 44. Type data: BRAZIL: Campinas, 12/05/1898, by H. Hempel. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
• Lepidosaphes bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899); Fernald 1903b: 305. change of combination
• Coccomytilus bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899); Leonardi 1904: 10. change of combination
• Mytilococcus bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899); Lindinger 1936: 149. change of combination
• Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899); Hall 1946a: 509. change of combination
• Kuwanaspis shuichuensis Tao & Wong 1982: 123-125. Type data: TAIWAN: Nantau Hsien, Shuichu, on Bambusa stenostachya, 08/02/1981, by C.Y. Wong. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Taichung: Entomology Collection, Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Wu-feng, Taichung, Taiwan; junior synonym (discovered by Takagi1999a, 111). Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 6

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Hu1982: pp.213 ( ) [Key to species of Kuwanaspis]
• Balach1954e: pp.265 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Kuwanaspis]
• MacGil1921: pp.294 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Coccomytilus] Key as: Coccomytilus bambusicola

Remarks

• Systematics: Kuwanaspis shuichuensis differs from K. neolinearis by the short broad triangular plates between the median and second lobe (Tao & Wong, 1982).
• Structure: Female scale 2 mm long, first nymphal skin inserted in the second one. Second nymphal skin paler and larger than the first. Basal half of the second nymphal skin with whitish brown secretion which is elongate, sometimes a little curved, its shape depending on population density. Adult female body yellowish orange, elongate, about 4 times as long as wide, little narrowed at apical portion and slightly expanded towards caudal end, but more or less parallel sides (Tao & Wong, 1982).
• Economic Importance: Bamboo thread scale is likely an invasive species in Florida and could develop high populations causing economic damage without natural enemies present in the environment. (Ahmed, et al., 2020)
• General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Balachowsky (1954e) and by Tao & Wong (1982). Photographs in Ahmed, et al., 2020.

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