Valid Names Results

Octaspidiotus subrubescens (Maskell, 1892) (Diaspididae: Octaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus subrubescens Maskell 1892: 9. Type data: AUSTRALIA: on Eucalyptus sp.; collected by Mr. French.. Syntypes, female and first instar, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Aspidiotus (Aspidiotus) subrubescens Maskell, 1892; Cockerell 1897i: 27. change of combination
• Aspidiotus (Evaspidiotus) subrubescens Maskell, 1892; Leonardi 1898a: 77. change of combination
• Octaspidiotus subrubescens (Maskell, 1892); MacGillivray 1921: 387. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 9 | Genera: 12

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiZh2016: pp.87-88 ( Adult (F) ) [Octaspidiotus]
• Takagi1984: pp.13 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale reddish-brown, sub-circular, flat, and smooth; the exuviae in the centre, small, forming a small slightly elevated boss, which is rather yellowier than the rest. Diameter of scale variable: specimens reach from 1/23 inch to 1/8 inch. Male scale white, slightly elongated, not carinated. Length about 1/20 inch (Maskell, 1892). Illustration of female scale by Froggatt (1914).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Froggatt (1914) and by Takagi (1984).

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