Valid Names Results

Pinnaspis rhododendri (Green, 1899) (Diaspididae: Pinnaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis rhododendri Green 1899a: 119-120. Type data: SRI LANKA: Nuwara Eliya, on Rhododendron arboreum. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Hemichionaspis rhododendri (Green, 1899); Cooley 1899: 56. change of combination
• Pinnaspis rhododendri (Green, 1899); Green 1922: 460. change of combination

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• FerrisRa1947: pp.44 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Pinnaspis]
• MacGil1921: pp.342 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Hemichionaspis] Key as: Hemichionaspis rhododendri
• Cocker1902b: pp.82 ( ) [Key to species of Hemichionaspis] Key as: Hemichionaspis rhododendri
• Cooley1899: pp.45 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Hemichionaspis] Key as: Hemichionaspis rhododendri
• Green1899a: pp.107 ( ) [Synopsis of Chionaspis species] Key as: Chionaspis rhododendri

Remarks

• Systematics: Pinnaspis rhododendri is allied to P. scrobicularum, from which it may be distinguished by its more elongate form, narrower and more pointed pygidium and the scarcity of dorsal pores (Green, 1899a).
• Structure: Female scale oblong, narrowed in front, dilated behind, often irregularly curved. 1st exuviae very pale fulvous; 2nd exuviae concealed beneath the covering of hairs that adhere to the whole surface of the scale, 1.25-1.50 mm long. Male scale slightly wider behind; indistinctly tricarinate, lateral carinae almost surpressed, white, 0.75 mm long. Adult female oblong, widest across median area, bright pale yellow, extremity of pygidium tinged with red (Green, 1899a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris & Rao (1947).

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