Valid Names Results

Odonaspis phragmitis Hall, 1935 (Diaspididae: Odonaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Odonaspis phragmitis Hall 1935a: 221. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Inyazura, on Phragmites communis.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Dycryptaspis phragmitis (Hall, 1935); Lindinger 1937: 184. change of combination
Odonaspis phragmitis Hall, 1935; Borchsenius 1966: 225. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 5

Poaceae

Cynodon dactylon | Balach1958b
Hemarthria altissima | BenDov1988b
Paspalum scrobiculatum | WatsonOuKa2021
Phragmites | BenDov1988b
Phragmites australis | Balach1958b BenDov1988b Borchs1966 Hall1935a | (= Phragmites communis)
Setaria verticillata | Balach1958b | (= Panicum viride)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 6

Kenya | WatsonOuKa2021

Malawi | BenDov1988b

Mauritius | Balach1958b

Mozambique | Almeid1973

South Africa | BenDov1988b

Zimbabwe | Balach1958b BenDov1988b Borchs1966 Hall1935a

Keys

ChenJiXi2024: pp.297-299 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Odonaspis]
BenDov1988b: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Balach1958b: pp.300 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]

Remarks

Structure: Female scale large, oval, 3-3.5 mm long, 0.7 mm wide; flat, oval and white in colour; the texture of the dorsal scale is thin but tough. Male scale oblong, 1 mm long, 0.7 mm wide; tapering somewhat posteriorly, white with shiny brown naked exuvium (Hall, 1935a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1935a), Balachowsky (1958b) and by Ben-Dov (1988b).

Illustrations

Citations

Almeid1973: distribution, host, 4
Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 300-301
BenDov1988b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 50-51,124
BenDovGe2003: catalog, 840-841
Borchs1966: catalog, 225
ChenJiXi2024: distribution, key, list, 296, 298
Hall1935a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 221-222
Lindin1937: taxonomy, 184
Watson2021: distribution, 524
WatsonOuKa2021: distribution, host, 82