Valid Names Results

Melanaspis martinsi Lepage, 1942 (Diaspididae: Melanaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Melanaspis martinsi Lepage 1942: 186. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paolo State, Campinas, on Rosa sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Curitiba: Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; Sao Paulo: Instituto Biologico de Sao Paulo, Brazil; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, 2.5 mm diameter, yellow; exuviae black, central or subcentral; ventral scale thin, attached to host plant (Lepage, 1942).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Lepage (1942).

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