Valid Names Results
Selenaspidus albus McKenzie, 1953 (Diaspididae: Selenaspidus)Nomenclatural History
- Selenaspidus albus McKenzie 1953a: 53. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Riverside County, Norco, on Euphorbia Caput-Medusae.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
- white euphorbia scale McKenz1956
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Euphorbiaceae
- Euphorbia | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbia abyssinica | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbia atrispina | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbia caput-medusae | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1953a McKenz1956
- Euphorbia clavarioides | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956 | (= Euphorbia truncata)
- Euphorbia ferox | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956 | (= Euphorbia captiosa)
- Euphorbia fimbriata | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956
- Euphorbia horrida | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- Euphorbia polygona | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956
- Euphorbia pulvinata | McKenz1956
- Euphorbia submamillaris | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1956
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 5
- Eritrea | Mamet1958a
- Italy | MazzeoLoPe2014
- Namibia (=South West Africa) | Nakaha1982
- South Africa | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a
- United States
- California | Borchs1966 Mamet1958a McKenz1953a McKenz1956
Keys
- MillerDa2005: pp.29-33 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales]
- Gill1997: pp.256 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
- Mamet1958a: pp.365-366 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- McKenz1956: pp.26 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of adult female approximately 1.75 mm diameter, circular, white, with a yellowish brown, subcentral exuviae. Male scale not observed (McKenzie, 1953a). Colour photograph by Gill (1997).
- Economic Importance: Gill (1997) recorted that heavy populations on Euphorbias in California may require control.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1953a, 1956), Mamet (1958a) and by Gill (1997).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 761-762
- Borchs1966: catalog, 253
- DanzigPe1998: catalog, 354
- DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 116
- Gill1997: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 256-257,260
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 19
- KonstaGu1987: distribution, host, 161
- LongoMaPe1995: distribution, 129
- Mamet1958a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 366-367
- MazzeoLoPe2014: distribution, 58
- McKenz1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 53-56
- McKenz1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 83-85
- MillerDa2005: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 382-384
- MullenScNo2016: DNA sequencing, genetics, phylogeny, 209
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 81
- Schmut1959: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 114-115
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
- SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
