Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Odonaspis sabulincola Ben-Dov 1988b: 55. Type data: NAMIBIA [= SOUTH WEST AFRICA]: Namib Desert, Gobabeb, on Stipagrostis sp.; collected Y. Ben-Dov, 28.II.1975.. 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.33 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale cover of young female circular, elongate oval in fully grown female, up to 4 mm long in reproducing female; white; larval exuviae yellow brown placed centrally. Male scale similar in colour and shape but smaller (Ben-Dov, 1988b).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ben-Dov (1988b).

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