Valid Names Results

Odonaspis aristidae Ben-Dov, 1988 (Diaspididae: Odonaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Odonaspis aristidae Ben-Dov 1988b: 36. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, 70 miles northwest of Vryburg, on Aristida diffusa var. burkei; collected by J. Munting, 12.IX.1968.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• ChenJiXi2024: pp.297-299 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Odonaspis]
• BenDov1988b: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale elliptical in outline, 2.0-3.5 mm long, 1.0-1.3 mm wide; white brownish; larval exuviae brown, placed at anterior part of scale. Male scale oval and narrow, 0.8-1 mm long, 0.4-0.5 mm wide; white; larval exuviae brown, placed at anterior part of scale (Ben-Dov, 1988b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ben-Dov (1988b).

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