Valid Names Results
Aonidia truncata Green & Laing, 1923 (Diaspididae: Aonidia)Nomenclatural History
- Aonidia truncata Green & Laing 1923: 128. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Magnetic Island, on leaves of an unknown plant.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Greeniella truncata (Green & Laing, 1923); Brimblecombe 1958: 83. change of combination
- Aonidia truncata Green & Laing, 1923; Borchsenius 1966: 365. revived combination (previously published)
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- Australia
- Queensland | Brimbl1958 GreenLa1923
Keys
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale circular or subcircular, highly convex; shining black. Ventral scale thin, adhering to the leaf. Diameter averaging 0.5 mm. (Green & Laing, 1923). Insects in small numbers on leaves; female scale circular, 0.6 mm in diameter; second exuviae black, covering the adult body; first exuviae an orange colour with a grey margin; pale secreted filaments arising from the first exuviae (Brimblecombe, 1958).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green & Laing (1923) and by Brimblecombe (1958).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 79
- Borchs1966: catalog, 365
- Brimbl1958: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 83-85
- GreenLa1923: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 129-130
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 234
