Valid Names Results

Leucaspis stricta (Maskell, 1884) (Diaspididae: Leucaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Fiorinia stricta Maskell 1884: 124-125. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Hawkes Bay, on Dendrobium sp. and Hedycarya sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Christchurch: Canterbury Museum, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Leucaspis stricta (Maskell, 1884); Leonardi 1906b: 19. change of combination
• Leucodiaspis stricta (Maskell, 1884); Lindinger 1932f: 107. emendation that is unjustified Notes: Kirkaldy (1904a) considered Leucaspis Signoret 1869 preoccupied by Leucaspis Burmeister, 1835, in the Hymenoptera and suggested that the Signoret name be replaced with Leucodiaspis. Ferris (1936a) rejected this, considering it unnecessary (Morrison & Morrison, 1966).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 7 | Genera: 7

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MacGil1921: pp.264 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Leucaspis]
• Leonar1907c: pp.70 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Leucaspis]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale very narrow, about 5 times as long as wide. 2nd exuviae fills almost the whole of it, half of the 1st exuviae appearing at the cephalic end, and a very narrow edge of secretion running down the sides, which are almost straight and parallel. Scale is almost black. Male scale is white. Adult female is very small, after gestation it shrinks up at the cephalic end so as to become difficult to detect (Maskell, 1884).

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