Valid Names Results
Vinculaspis virgata (Ferris, 1941) (Diaspididae: Vinculaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Trigonaspis virgata Ferris 1941d: SIII-325. Type data: MEXICO: Colima, Tonila, on undetermined tree, 1925, by G.F. Ferris. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Vinculaspis virgata (Ferris, 1941); Ferris 1942: SIV-423. change of combination
- Cryptaspidus virgata (Ferris, 1941); Lindinger 1957: 522. change of combination
- Vinculaspis virgata (Ferris, 1941); Borchsenius 1966. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
- fasciola scale ColonFMe1998
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Fabaceae
- Neorudolphia volubilis | ColonFMe1998
- Malpighiaceae
- Stigmaphyllon emarginatum | ColonFMe1998 | (= Stigmaphyllon periplocifolium)
- Santalaceae
- Phoradendron | Ferris1941d
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Mexico
- Colima | Ferris1941d
- Veracruz | Ferris1941d
- Panama | Ferris1941d
- Puerto Rico & Vieques Island
- Puerto Rico | ColonFMe1998
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446: 64 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Vinculaspis]
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale is marked by a conspicuous median black stripe and being otherwise opaque. Male scale elongate, firm, with exuviae at one end. Adult female slightly triangular, but sometimes almost circular, with pygidium projecting; membranous throughout, even the pygidium (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 183
- BrownMc1962: taxonomy, 165
- ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 131-132
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, SIII-325
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-423, SIV-446:64
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 552
- Miller2005: distribution, 488
- Vernal1953a: taxonomy, 109
