Valid Names Results

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

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis scrobicularum Green 1899a: 121-122. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Elaeocarpus amoenus. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Hemichionaspis scrobicularum (Green, 1899); Cooley 1899: 55. change of combination
• Pinnaspis scrobicularum (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.341 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Hemichionaspis] Key as: Hemichionaspis scrobicularum
• Cocker1902b: pp.82 ( ) [Key to species of Hemichionaspis] Key as: Hemichionaspis scrobicularum
• Cooley1899: pp.45 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Hemichionaspis] Key as: Hemichionaspis scrobicularum
• Green1899a: pp.108 ( ) [Synopsis of Chionaspis species] Key as: Chionaspis scrobicularum

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale concealed in pits on host leaves. Male scales similarly situated, usually several together. Adult female bright yellow; extremity of pygidium reddish. Pygidium broad; median lobes very prominent, inner edges in close apposition, the two together forming a regular semicircle with finely crenulate margin (Green, 1899a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris & Rao (1947).

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