Valid Names Results

Palinaspis sordidata Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Palinaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Palinaspis sordidata Ferris 1941d: 380. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui province, Volcan de Chiriqui, altitude about 7000 feet altitude, on undetermined tree.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
• Ferris1942: pp.39 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female very flat and thin, apparently composed in part of the soft bark tissues of the host with which it is so intermingled as to be detectable only by scraping the bark; exuviae appear to be roughly central; no distinct ventral scale is formed (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring on the trunk of the host (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of the adult female given by Ferris (1941d).

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