Valid Names Results

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

Chrysomphalus rossi musae Laing 1929a: 495. Type data: TANZANIA: Bukoba, Kamachumu, on banana plant.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Chrysomphalus musae Laing, 1929; McKenzie 1939: 54. change in status (level)
Lindingaspis rossi musae (Laing, 1929); McKenzie 1943: 151. change in status (level)
Lindingaspis musae (Laing, 1929); Borchsenius 1966: 343. change in status (level)

Families: 4 | Genera: 4

Countries: 6

Structure: Female scale subcircular, very low convex, grey-brown in colour, finely serrated concentrically; exuviae subcentral, shining black; diameter 2.5 mm (Laing, 1929a).
Economic Importance: Chua & Wood (1990) listed this species as a pest of banana in Tanganyika.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Laing (1929a) and by Balachowsky (1958b). Description of adult female by McKenzie (1950).