Valid Names Results

Odonaspis saccharicaulis (Zehntner, 1897) (Diaspididae: Odonaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Aspidiotus sacchari-caulis Zehntner 1897a: 559. Type data: INDONESIA: Java, Pasoeroean, on "Glonggong" (a common name for Saccharum arundinaceum and Saccharum spontaneum).. Neotype, female, by subsequent designation (BenDov1988b,56-58). Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Odonaspis secretus saccharicaulis Cockerell, 1899; Cockerell 1899: 274. change of combination and rank
Aspidiotus (Odonaspis) janeirensis Hempel 1900a: 500. Type data: BRAZIL: Ilha das Flores, Bahia do Rio de Janeiro, on grass.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Curitiba: Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil; Sao Paulo: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil; junior synonym (discovered by BenDov1988b, 56).
Odonaspis janeirensis (Hempel, 1900); Cockerell 1902p: 256. change of combination
Odonaspis secreta saccharicaulis Cockerell, 1899; Fernald 1903b: 300. change of combination
Ligulaspis janeirensis (Hempel, 1900); MacGillivray 1921: 423. change of combination
Odonaspis saccharicaulis Cockerell, 1899; Green & Laing 1923: 128. revived combination (previously published)
Dycryptaspis janeirensis (Hempel, 1900); Lindinger 1937: 184. change of combination
Dycryptaspis saccharicaulis (Cockerell, 1899); Lindinger 1937: 184. change of combination
Odonaspis saccharicaulis Cockerell, 1899; Borchsenius 1966: 225. change of combination

Common Names

paragrass scale Dekle1965c

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 4 | Genera: 20

Anacardiaceae

Mangifera | Suh2016

Cyperaceae

Scleria canescens | BenDov1988b

Heliconiaceae

Heliconia | BenDov1988b

Poaceae

Anadelphia afzeliana | BenDov1988b | (= Anadelphia arrecta)
Andropogon | WatsonOuKa2021
Bambusa | Cocker1899j
Brachiaria mutica | BenDov1988b Dekle1965c | (= Panicum barbinode)(= Panicum purpurascens)
Chloris gayana | BenDov1988b
Cymbopogon citratus | BenDov1988b
Digitaria eriantha | BenDov1988b | (= Digitaria decumbens)
Merostachys | ClapsWoGo2001
Paspalum dissectum | BenDov1988b
Pennisetum | Balach1958b BenDov1988b Borchs1966
Pennisetum purpureum | BenDov1988b Borchs1966 ClapsWoGo2001 Dekle1965c Mamet1943a Mamet1949
Phragmites australis | BenDov1988b | (= Phragmites communis)
Phragmites karka | BenDov1988b
Poaceae | Lepage1938
Saccharum | BenDov1988b MatileNo1984 WilliaWa1988
Saccharum arundinaceum | BenDov1988b Borchs1966
Saccharum officinarum | BenDov1988b ClapsWoGo2001 Lepage1938
Schizachyrium | BenDov1988b
Sorghum | MatileNo1984
Sorghum bicolor | BenDov1988b Borchs1966 | (= Sorghum vulgare)
Sorghum halepense | Balach1953g BenDov1988b
Uniola paniculata | BenDov1988b
Zoysia matrella | BenDov1988b

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 36

Australia | BenDov1988b

Bahamas | BenDov1988b

Brazil | BenDov1988b

Bahia | Hempel1900a Lepage1938
Rio de Janeiro | ClapsWoGo2001 Lepage1938
Sao Paulo | ClapsWoGo2001 Lepage1938

Cameroon | BenDov1988b MatileNo1984

Cape Verde | SchmutPiKl1978 VanHarCoWi1990

Costa Rica | BenDov1988b

Cuba | BenDov1988b

Fiji | HodgsoLa2011 WilliaWa1988

Guatemala | Nakaha1982

Guinea | BenDov1988b

Hawaiian Islands

Hawaii | BenDov1988b Cocker1899j Matsun2013
Maui | Matsun2013

Honduras | Nakaha1982

India | BenDov1988b

Indonesia

Java | BenDov1988b Merril1953
Sumatra | Green1930c

Japan | Cocker1899j

Kenya | WatsonOuKa2021

Madeira Islands | Balach1938a BenDov1988b

Malaysia

Sabah | BenDov1988b

Mauritius | BenDov1988b Borchs1966 Mamet1943a Mamet1949

Mozambique | BenDov1988b

Pakistan | BenDov1988b

Palau | Beards1966

Papua New Guinea | WilliaWa1988

Philippines | BenDov1988b VelasqRi1969

Puerto Rico & Vieques Island

Puerto Rico | BenDov1988b ColonFMe1998

Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome | Balach1958b GreenLa1923

Somalia | BenDov1988b

South Africa | BenDov1988b

Sri Lanka | Cocker1899j

Tanzania | BenDov1988b

Thailand | BenDov1988b

U.S. Virgin Islands | BenDov1988b Nakaha1983

Uganda | Nakaha1982

United States

Alabama | Nakaha1982
Florida | BenDov1988b Dekle1965c Merril1953
Maryland | Nakaha1982
Texas | BenDov1988b

Venezuela | BenDov1988b

Vietnam | Suh2016

Keys

ChenJiXi2024: pp.297-299 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Odonaspis]
RodrigKo2016: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [species of Odonaspis in the Neotropical region]
BenDov2015: pp.449 ( Adult (F) ) [Odonaspis from Australia]
BenDov1988b: pp.34 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
WilliaWa1988: pp.198 ( Adult (F) ) [Tropical South Pacific]
Beards1966: pp.525 ( Adult (F) ) [Federated States of Micronesia ]
Balach1958b: pp.299 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
Balach1953g: pp.732 ( Adult (F) ) [Mediterranean ]

Remarks

Systematics: Cockerell (1897) changed the combination of Aspidiotus secretus Cockerell 1896 to Odonaspis secretus, and in 1899 he ranked A. (O.) saccharicaulis (Zehnter) as a variety of O. secretus. Cockerell (1899) also mentions a new locality collection of Aspidiotus (O.) secretus in Honolulu, Hawaii, on bamboo in 1899, but not of the particular saccharicaulis race.All specimens reviewed from the turn of the century were misidentified as O. secreta/secretus and later correctly determined to be O. greeni Cockerell. Beardsley collected specimens of O. saccharicaulis from "Palau: Koror" in June and July 1953. Ben-Dov may have read Beardsley’s label incorrectly or that it was illegible, leading him to assume that "Koror/Koru" must be an island in Hawaii, as this was the location of Beardsley’s work. Therefore, the status of O. secreta and O. saccharicaulis remains as not established in Hawaii. (Matsunaga, 2013)
Structure: Female scale circular to oval, 1.6-2.6 mm long, about 1 mm wide; white; larval exuviae yellow brown placed subcentrally. Male unknown (Ben-Dov, 1988b).
Economic Importance: This sugarcane scale occurs in the major sugarcane growing areas of the world, but it has been recorded as a pest of this crop only from India and the Philippines (Rao and Sankaran, 1969; Kalshoven, 1981). It has been reported to be common in southern Africa on sugarcane as well as on other grasses (Ben-Dov, 1988b); however, Carnegie et al. (1974) did not record it among the coccoids that infest sugarcane in southern Africa.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Balachowsky (1953g, 1958b), Ben-Dov (1988b) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998).

Illustrations

Citations

AgarwaSi1964: distribution, economic importance, host, 149
Balach1938a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 152
Balach1953g: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 739-743
Balach1957c: distribution, host, taxonomy, 204
Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 302-305
Beards1966: distribution, host, 528
BenDov1988b: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 56,67,127
BenDov1990e: distribution, host, 658
BenDovGe2003: catalog, 844-846
Borchs1966: catalog, 225
Box1953: biological control, distribution, host, 52
ChenJiXi2024: distribution, key, list, 296, 298
Claps1993: taxonomy, 5,10
ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, 253-254
ClapsWoGo2001a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 22
Cocker1899j: distribution, host, taxonomy, 274
Cocker1902p: taxonomy, 256
ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 134-135
DanzigPe1998: catalog, 318-319
Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 101
Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 122
Fernal1903b: 300
Ferris1937a: taxonomy, 33
Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 44,48
FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 14,24
Green1930c: distribution, host, 281
GreenLa1923: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 129
GreenLa1923: taxonomy, 129
Hazelh1929: distribution, host, 1-8
Hempel1900a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 500-501
Hempel1901a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 106
HodgsoLa2011: distribution, host, 25
Kalsho1981: distribution, host, illustration, 173
Kirkal1905: taxonomy, 78
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 18
Koning1908: distribution, host, 1-7
LagowsGoHo2022: distribution, host, list, 10
Lepage1938: catalog, 412
Lindin1937: taxonomy, 184
MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 423
Mamet1943a: 164
Mamet1949: catalog, 51,52
MatileNo1984: distribution, host, 66
Matsun2013: distribution, 49-50
Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 64-65
Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 64-65
MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 304
MonteiWoPe2019: distribution, host, 393
Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 63
Nakaha1983: distribution, host, 13
NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 27,38
Nur1990a: chromosomes, structure, taxonomy, 181,184-185
RodrigKo2016: distribution, key, 4, 5
SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 499
SchmutPiKl1978: distribution, economic importance, host, 330
Suh2016: distribution, host, key, 316, 328
Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 102
VanHarCoWi1990: distribution, host, 137
Varshn2002: distribution, host, 17
VelasqRi1969: distribution, host, 195-208
WaltmaRaWi2016: distribution, 231
Watson2001: list, 177
Watson2021: distribution, 524
WatsonOuKa2021: distribution, host, 82
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 231
WilliaGr1990: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 563-578
WilliaGr1990: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 563-578
WilliaWa1988: distribution, host, taxonomy, 201
ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 167
Zehntn1897a: taxonomy, 559
Zehntn1897b: biology, description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 1-10