Valid Names Results
Poliaspis floccosa Henderson, 2011 (Diaspididae: Poliaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Poliaspis floccosa Henderson 2011: 133-138. Type data: NEW ZEALAND: Auckland, Glen Eden, on Phormium tenax underside of leaves, 11/23/2009, by R.C. Henderson. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 6
- Asparagaceae
- Arthropodium cirrhatum | Hender2011
- Cordyline | Hender2011
- Cordyline australis | Hender2011
- Cordyline obtecta | Hender2011
- Furcraea | Hender2011
- Asphodelaceae
- Dianella | Hender2011
- Phormium colensoi | Hender2011 | (= Phormium cookianum)
- Phormium tenax | Hender2011
- Iridaceae
- Libertia ixioides | Hender2011
- Libertia peregrinans | Hender2011
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- New Zealand
- North Island | Hender2011
- Three Kings Islands | Hender2011
Keys
- Hender2011: pp.129 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to Poliaspis adult females in combination with 1st-instar nymphs/exuvia in New Zealand]
- HardyHe2011: pp.4-6 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Poliaspis (excluding P. intermedia, and P. casuarinicola)]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale cover white, often with a coating of flocculent wax when immature, terminal exuvia pale to light gold; female body and eggs bright yellow; male scale cover always with a coating of flocculent wax, adult male body red. (Henderson, 2011)
- Biology: On leaves, usually in massed groups. (Henderson, 2011)
- General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations in Henderson, 2011)
Illustrations
Citations
- Hender2011: description, distribution, host, illustration, structure, taxonomy, 8,11-12,37,128-129,1
- NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, taxonomy, 29, 70, S6
- Willia2013: distribution, 190
