Valid Names Results
Pinnaspis boehmeriae Takahashi, 1957 (Diaspididae: Pinnaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Pinnaspis boehmeriae Takahashi 1957b: 105-106. Type data: JAPAN: Honshu, Wakayama Prefecture, Mt. Koya, on Boehmeria spicata, 23/08/1955, by R. Takahashi. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Sapporo: Entomological Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 4 | Genera: 5
- Asparagaceae
- Liriope graminifolia | Takaha1957b
- Asteraceae
- Cirsium spicatum | Takagi1961a
- Synurus deltoides | Takaha1957b | (= Synurus palmatopinnatifidus)
- Rosaceae
- Rubus crataegifolius | Muraka1970
- Urticaceae
- Boehmeria japonica | Muraka1970
- Boehmeria nivea | Muraka1970 | (= Boehmeria nipononivea)
- Boehmeria spicata | Takaha1957b | (= Boehmeria spicata)
- Boehmeria tricuspis | Muraka1970
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Japan
- Honshu | Takaha1957b
- Kyushu | Muraka1970
Keys
- Takagi1963c: pp.68 ( ) [Key to species of Pinnaspis]
- Takagi1961a: pp.75 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pinnaspis of Japan]
Remarks
- Systematics: Pinnaspis boehmeriae is related to P. aspidistrae Signoret, but differs in the greater number of submarginal dorsal ducts (Takahashi, 1957b).
- Structure: Female scale blackish brown, broadened posteriorly, about 2.2 mm long. Exuviae yellow, 2nd exuviae about 0.73 mm long. Male scale white, tricarinate. Adult female body stout, convex laterally on the prepygidial segments (Takahashi, 1957b).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takahashi (1957b).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 111
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 334
- Kawai1972: taxonomy, 41
- Kawai1977: distribution, host, 151
- Kawai1980: distribution, host, taxonomy, 305
- KozarWa1985: catalog, distribution, 86
- Muraka1970: distribution, host, 92
- Takagi1961a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 72
- Takagi1963c: taxonomy, 66, 68
- Takagi1966: distribution, host, 119
- Takagi1970: taxonomy, 107
- Takaha1957b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 105-106
