Valid Names Results

Poliaspoides simplex (Green, 1899) (Diaspididae: Poliaspoides)

Nomenclatural History

• Chionaspis simplex Green 1899a: 160-161. Type data: SRI LANKA: Pundaluoya, on Bambusa sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Natalaspis simplex (Green, 1899); MacGillivray 1921: 354. change of combination
• Odonaspis (Chionaspis) simplex (Green, 1899); Ramakrishna Ayyar 1921a: 357. change of combination
• Poliaspoides simplex (Green, 1899); MacGillivray 1921: 357. change of combination
• Odonaspis simplex (Green, 1899); Ramakrishna Ayyar 1930: 27. change of combination
• Dycryptaspis Simplex (Green, 1899); Lindinger 1937: 184. change of combination
• Poliaspoides simplex (Green, 1899); Ferris 1938b: 71. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1976a: pp.29 ( ) [Key to species of Natalaspis]
• Green1899a: pp.109 ( Adult (F) ) [Synopsis of Chionaspis species] Key as: Chionaspis simplex

Remarks

• Structure: Female scale snowy white, opaque, elongate, narrow, moderately convex above, often curved or much distorted. Exuviae yellow, transparent; 2nd exuviae usually partly obscured by an opaque covering of white secretion, the exposed parts appearing bright orange from the color of the insect below. Adult female bright orange, oblong oval, narrowly rounded in front, bluntly pointed behind (Green, 1899a).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Green (1899a).

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