Valid Names Results
Planchonia stentae (Brain, 1920) (Asterolecaniidae: Planchonia)Nomenclatural History
- Asterolecanium stentae Brain 1920: 114. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria, on Caralluma caudata, on Huernia transvaalensis, and on Stapelia sp. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (GiliomKo2008,282). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Planchonia stentae (Brain, 1920); Stumpf & Lambdin 2000: 368. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 16 | Genera: 43
- Acanthaceae
- Justicia brandegeeana | JansenAl2023
- Megaskepasma erythrochlamys | StumpfLa2000
- Ruellia | StumpfLa2000
- Apocynaceae
- Calotropis gigantea | StumpfLa2000
- Caralluma | Russel1941
- Gomphocarpus fruticosus | Russel1941 StumpfLa2000 | (= Asclepias fruticosa)
- Gomphocarpus physocarpus | MatsunHoKu2019 | (= Asclepias physocarpa)
- Hoodia | Russel1941 StumpfLa2000
- Hoya | StumpfLa2000
- Hoya imperialis | MatsunHoKu2019
- Huernia | Russel1941
- Huernia kirkii | Russel1941 StumpfLa2000 | (= Huernia bicampanulata)
- Huernia transvaalensis | Brain1920 Russel1941 StumpfLa2000
- Orbea caudata | Russel1941 Brain1920 Russel1941 StumpfLa2000 | (= Caralluma caudata)
- Stapelia | Brain1920 Russel1941 StumpfLa2000
- Stephanotis floribunda | StumpfLa2006
- Aquifoliaceae
- Ilex cassine | StumpfLa2000
- Asteraceae
- Argyranthemum frutescens | StumpfLa2000 | (= Chrysanthemum frutescens)
- Bidens pilosa | StumpfLa2000
- Euryops chrysanthemoides | StumpfLa2000 | (= Steirodiscus chrysanthemoides)
- Solidago | StumpfLa2000
- Tagetes erecta | GermaiGr2005
- Tagetes patula | GermaiGr2005 MatileEt2006
- Boraginaceae
- Heliotropium anomalum | MatsunHoKu2019
- Convolvulaceae
- Evolvulus glomeratus | StumpfLa2000
- Ipomoea carnea | StumpfLa2000 | (= Ipomea carnea)
- Crassulaceae
- Echeveria | JiSu2012 StumpfLa2000
- Kalanchoe | StumpfLa2000
- Kalanchoe beharensis | StumpfLa2000
- Cucurbitaceae
- Cucurbita moschata | StumpfLa2000
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia | StumpfLa2000
- Euphorbia hirta | StumpfLa2000 | (= Chamaesyce hirta)
- Euphorbia hyssopifolia | StumpfLa2000 | (= Chamaesyce hyssopifolia)
- Euphorbia lactea | StumpfLa2000
- Euphorbia maculata | StumpfLa2000 | (= Chamaesyce maculata)
- Euphorbia ophthalmica | StumpfLa2000 | (= Chamaesyce ophtalmica)
- Euphorbia trigona | StumpfLa2000
- Euphorbiaceae | Gill1993
- Fabaceae
- Cajanus cajan | StumpfLa2000
- Chamaecrista fasciculata | StumpfLa2000
- Crotalaria | StumpfLa2000
- Desmodium tortuosum | StumpfLa2000
- Indigofera hirsuta | StumpfLa2000
- Psoralea canescens | StumpfLa2000 | (= Pediomelum canescens)
- Pueraria phaseoloides | StumpfLa2000
- Sophora chrysophylla | MatsunHoKu2019
- Gesneriaceae
- Gloxinia | StumpfLa2000
- Lamiaceae
- Coleus scutellarioides | StumpfLa2000 | (= Coleus blumei)
- Dicerandra frutescens | StumpfLa2000
- Monarda punctata | StumpfLa2000
- Piloblephis rigida | StumpfLa2000
- Oleaceae
- Fraxinus caroliniana | StumpfLa2000
- Portulacaceae
- Portulaca | StumpfLa2000
- Solanaceae
- Solanum seaforthianum | StumpfLa2000
- Verbenaceae
- Nashia inaguensis | StumpfLa2000
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 8
- Colombia | Kondo2001 StumpfLa2006
- Hawaiian Islands
- Hawaii | MatsunHoKu2019
- Maui | MatsunHoKu2019
- Oahu | MatsunHoKu2019
- Kenya | StumpfLa2006
- Martinique | GermaiGr2005 MatileEt2006
- Netherlands | JansenAl2023
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | StumpfLa2006
- South Africa | Brain1920 Russel1941
- United States
- California | Gill1993 VonEll2025
- Florida | StumpfLa2006
Keys
- Russel1941: pp.12-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
- Russel1941: pp.26-35 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
Remarks
- Economic Importance: This species is a serious pest on a variety of host plants in Florida (Stumpf & Lambdin, 2000).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Russell (1941), Gill (1993) and by Stumpf & Lambdin (2006). Test of female, adult female and larva described and illustrated by Russell (1941).
Illustrations
Citations
- Brain1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 114-115
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 112
- GermaiGr2005: distribution, host, 330
- Giliom2001: distribution, taxonomy, 87
- Gill1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 101-110
- JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 32
- JiSu2012: distribution, host, illustration, 1-5
- Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
- MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 163
- MatsunHoKu2019: distribution, host, 7
- PerontSoGr2008: distribution, host, taxonomy, 282-283
- Russel1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 196-197,302
- StumpfLa2000: distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 368-369
- StumpfLa2006: description, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, XIX, 182-186
- VonEll2025: distribution, 21
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 205
