Valid Names Results
Melanaspis elaeagni McKenzie, 1957 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Melanaspis elaeagni McKenzie 1957: 218. Type data: U.S.A.: Texas, Harlingen, three-fourths mile south Dilworth Road, on Elaeagnus sp., probably pungens.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- Black elaegnus scale McKenz1957
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 10 | Genera: 13
- Asparagaceae
- Dracaena | DeitzDa1986
- Yucca | DeitzDa1986
- Yucca gigantea | DeitzDa1986 | (= Yucca elephantipes)
- Cannabaceae
- Celtis laevigata | DeitzDa1986
- Celtis occidentalis | DeitzDa1986
- Ebenaceae
- Diospyros | DeitzDa1986
- Elaeagnaceae
- Elaeagnus | DeitzDa1986 McDani1970 McKenz1957
- Oleaceae
- Fraxinus | DeitzDa1986
- Fraxinus velutina | DeitzDa1986
- Ligustrum | DeitzDa1986
- Orchidaceae
- Chysis aurea | DeitzDa1986
- Polygonaceae
- Coccoloba | DeitzDa1986
- Rosaceae
- Rosa | DeitzDa1986
- Salicaceae
- Populus | DeitzDa1986
- Salix | DeitzDa1986
- Santalaceae
- Phoradendron | DeitzDa1986
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Costa Rica | DeitzDa1986
- Guatemala | DeitzDa1986
- Honduras | DeitzDa1986
- Mexico
- Chiapas | CaballRa2018 DeitzDa1986
- United States
- Louisiana | DeitzDa1986
- Texas | McDani1970 McKenz1957
Keys
- DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
- McDani1970: pp.411-412 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale circular, approximately 1 mm in diameter; dark chocolate brown or black but overlain with a film of white wax, or of the epidermis of the plant, thus often appearing mottled with pale gray. Male scale elongate, similar in colour, but smaller than that of the female; exuvium near one end (McKenzie, 1957).
- Biology: Occurring on the leaves (McKenzie, 1957).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1957) and by Deitz & Davidson (1986).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 611-612
- Borchs1966: catalog, 348
- CaballRa2018: distribution, 2
- DeitzDa1986: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 34-35
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 27
- McDani1970: distribution, host, taxonomy, 415
- McKenz1957: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 218-220
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 54
