Valid Names Results

Nudachaspis fodiens (Green, 1899) (Diaspididae: Nudachaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis fodiens Green 1899a: 155-157. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Loranthus sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Nudachaspis fodiens (Green, 1899); MacGillivray 1921: 366. change of combination
• Ancepaspis fodiens (Green, 1899); Green 1922: 461. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Green1899a: pp.109 ( Adult (F) ) [Synopsis of Chionaspis species] Key as: Chionaspis fodiens

Remarks

• Structure: Adult female bright orange, deepening to orange red in older examples; extremity of pygidium dark brown. The dorsal area bears an irregular dark colored crest. Pygidium long and narrow, sides slightly incurved, extremity roundly truncate (Green, 1899a).
• Biology: Adult female does not construct any cover, but imbeds itself in the tissues of the bark and leaves, without forming any definite cell. The position of the insect is marked by a small wart-like swelling on the surface, with a central depression and perforation which is closed by the first exuviae (Green, 1899a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1899a).

Illustrations

Citations