Valid Names Results

Melanaspis lilacina (Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) lilacinus Cockerell 1898m: 26. Type data: U.S.A.: New Mexico, Dripping Spring, Organ Mountains, on bark of oak, a species of the Quercus undulata group; collected April 23, 1898.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (DeitzDa1986,48). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
• Chrysomphalus lilacinus (Cockerell, 1898); Cockerell 1899d: 170. change of combination
• Chrysomphalus (Melanaspis) lilacinus (Cockerell, 1898); Cockerell 1899a: 396. change of combination
• Aonidiella lilacina (Cockerell, 1898); Leonardi 1900: 341. Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; change of combination
• Pelomphala lilacina (Cockerell, 1898); MacGillivray 1921: 442. change of combination
• Aspidiotus lilacinus Cockerell, 1898; Ferris 1937c: 52. change of combination
• Melanaspis lilacinus (Cockerell, 1898); McKenzie 1939: 54. change of combination
• Pelomphaga lilacina; Borchsenius 1966: 349. misspelling of genus name
• Aspidiotus lalicinus Cockerell, 1898; Borchsenius 1966: 349. misspelling of species epithet
• Melanaspis lalicina (Cockerell, 1898); Borchsenius 1966: 349. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

• dark oak scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• MillerDa2005: pp.29-34 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales]
• Gill1997: pp.194 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
• DeitzDa1986: pp.12-15 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• McDani1970: pp.411-412 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Texas]
• Ferris1943: pp.65 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Ferris1942: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
• Cocker1905b: pp.201 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: Colorado]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale about 1 mm in diameter; light grey, similar to the colour of the bark on which it rests; immature scales show a white dot and ring; old scales when rubbed show jet-black exuviae (Cockerell, 1898m).
• Biology: Occurring on the bark, usually not much concealed (Ferris, 1941d).
• Economic Importance: Gill (1997) reported that this species is common and at times injurious on oaks in Arizona and New Mexico, while rare and of no economic importance in California.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d), McKenzie (1956), Deitz & Davidson (1986) and by Gill (1997).

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