Valid Names Results

Marginaspis affinis (Leonardi, 1914) (Diaspididae: Marginaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chrysomphalus affinis Leonardi 1914: 204. Type data: GUINEA: Kakoulima, on an undetermined plant, and SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, on Nerium sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Portici: Dipartimento de Entomologia e Zoologia Agraria di Portici, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Italy; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Marginaspis affinis (Leonardi, 1914); Balachowsky 1953c: 110. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale of irregular shape, slightly convex; exuviae subcentral; secreted cover compact and robust; colour black chestnut, becoming less intense from center to margin; ventral vellum well developed, moderately robust; 2-2.5 mm (Leonardi, 1914).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Leonardi (1914).

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