Valid Names Results

Lindingaspis misrae (Laing, 1929) (Diaspididae: Lindingaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aonidiella misrae Laing 1929a: 491. Type data: INDIA: Pusa, on leaves of Tamarindus indica.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (BenDov2006,54). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Melanaspis misrai (Laing, 1929); Lindinger 1943b: 147. emendation that is unjustified (discovered by Borchs1966, 297).
• Lindingaspis fusca McKenzie 1943: 151. Type data: INDIA: at Poona, on Cycas circinalis.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; junior synonym (discovered by BenDov2006, 54). Illustr.
• Lindingaspis misrae (Laing, 1929); Ben-Dov 2006: 54. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Willia1963b: pp.12 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
• McKenz1950: pp.108 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale low convex, subcircular, pale greyish with a few narrow brown concentric rings, greyish brown, or brownish fuscous, with a slight mealy deposit; exuviae whitish grey, subcentral; diameter 1.4 mm (Laing, 1929a). Scale of the female averaging approximately 2 mm in diameter; reddish-brown (the species name of this scale insect being derived from the color of the scale covering) with a black subcentral exuvium (McKenzie, 1943).
• Biology: Occurring on the leaves of sago palm (McKenzie, 1943).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Laing (1929a).Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1943, 1950).

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