Valid Names Results

Mohelnaspis ampelodesmae (Newstead, 1897) (Diaspididae: Mohelnaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Mytilaspis ampelodesmae Newstead 1897a: 95. Type data: ALGERIA: Constantine, on Ampelodesma tenax, 05/12/1895 and 07/11/1895 and 08/11/1895, by A.E. Eaton. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Lepidosaphes ampelodesmae (Newstead, 1897); Fernald 1903b: 305. change of combination
• Mytilococcus ampelodesmae (Newstead, 1897); Lindinger 1936: 149. change of combination
• Evallaspis ampelodesmae (Newstead, 1897); Lupo 1939: 131-136. change of combination Illustr.
• Mohelnaspis ampelodesmae (Newstead, 1897); Danzig 1993: 301. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Foes:

Families: 2 | Genera: 3

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• GomezM1965: pp.92 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Evallaspis]
• Balach1954e: pp.147 ( Adult (F) ) [Palearctic Diaspidini] Key as: Evallaspis ampelodesmae
• MacGil1921: pp.280 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Lepidosaphes] Key as: Lepidosaphes ampelodesmae
• Leonar1903: pp.28 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Mytilaspis] Key as: Mytilaspis ampelodesmae

Remarks

• Systematics: Newstead (1897a) states that this species is allied to Pseudaulacaspis cordylinidis in the form and character of the scale, but the structure of the pygidium is clearly distinct.
• Structure: The scale of female long and narrow, sides parallel, white; larval scale cover white or pale yellow, transparent; second scale cover red-brown inclining to piceous in the center, usually covered with white secretion; ventral scale white or yellowish white, and apparently incomplete. Adult female very elongate, sometimes attenuated and curved in front. Rostral filaments very short (Newstead, 1897a). Female is orange in life (Balachowsky, 1954e). Scale of the male is white, a little convex. Larval scale cover yellowish. Second stage male has antennae of six nearly equal joints (Newstead, 1897a).
• Biology: This species is found in dense colonies on the branches and leaves of its host (Balachowsky, 1954a). In Campania, Italy, this species has three generations per year (Viggiani, 1970).
• Economic Importance: Viggiani (1970) describes several predator prey relationships involving this species.
• General Remarks: Description and illustration by Balachowsky (1954e).

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