Takagi, S. 2015 Notes on Scale Insects of the Genus Aulacaspis Occurring on Grasses and Herbs (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Insecta Matsumurana (New Series) 71: 121-177
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Notes: Three pairs of closely related species are picked out, and the species in each pair are revised as to their relationship: Aulacaspis madiunensis (=Chionaspis madiunensis Zehntner) and Aulacaspis takarai Takagi, both known as pests of sugarcane. Aulacaspis herbae (=Chionaspis herbae Green) and Aulacaspis discorum Hall and Williams, grass-associated species described from the Indian Subcontinent; Aulacaspis trifoliu/m Takagi and Aulacaspis isobeae Takagi, hypogeal species collected on Trifolium pratense in Honsyû and on an undetermined herbaceous plant in Okinawa, respectively. Four species are described as new: Aulacaspis takahashii found on an undetermined orchid intercepted at quarantine inspection, and three species, Aulacaspis labucola, Aulacaspis trichosanthis, and Aulacaspis hodgsoniae, all collected from wild cucurbitaceous plants in the Malay Peninsula.
