Valid Names Results
Asterolecanium coffeae Newstead, 1911 (Asterolecaniidae: Asterolecanium)Nomenclatural History
- Asterolecanium coffeae Newstead 1911a: 161. Type data: D. [=DEUTSCHE] OST AFRIKA [=GERMAN EAST AFRICA] [=TANZANIA]: Magrotto, on Coffea arabica; collected Prof. A. Zimmermann, August 1902.. Syntypes, female, by original designation Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Notes: The type locality is DEUTSCHE OST AFRIKA [=GERMAN EAST AFRICA] [=TANZANIA]: Magrotto. Rusell (1941) erroneously cited it as Dutch East Africa. Illustr.
Common Names
- fringed scale of coffee SchmutKlLu1957
- yellow fringed scale SchmutKlLu1957
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Bignoniaceae
- Jacaranda | James1933
- Rosaceae
- Eriobotrya japonica | James1933 | (= Photinia japonica)
- Rubiaceae
- Coffea arabica | James1933 Newste1911a Russel1941 | (= Coffeae arabica)
Foes:
Families: 1 | Genera: 1
- Encyrtidae
- Metaphycus hemilecanii | Comper1940a
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 3
- Kenya | James1933 Laing1929a Russel1941
- Tanzania | Newste1911a
- Uganda | Gowdey1917
Keys
- Russel1941: pp.12-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
- Russel1941: pp.26-35 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
Remarks
- Economic Importance: James (1933) reported this species to cause heavy damage in certain low-lying coffee areas in Kenya. On crop-bearing parts of coffee trees it inflicts serious injury.
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Russell (1941). Test of female, adult female and larva described and illustrated by Russell (1941).
Illustrations
Citations
- Comper1940a: biological control, distribution, host, 7-33
- FrohliRo1970: distribution, economic importance, host, 1-10
- Gowdey1917: distribution, host, 187
- James1933: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 421-427
- JoshiReMu2024: distribution, economic importance, host, 440
- KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
- Laing1929a: description, distribution, illustration, taxonomy, 467
- Newste1911a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 161, 162
- Russel1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 67-68,250
- Sassce1912: taxonomy, 84
- SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 450
- TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 337-338
- Watson2021: distribution, 516
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 204
