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Chortinaspis chortina (Ferris, 1921) (Diaspididae: Chortinaspis)

Aspidiotus chortinus Ferris 1921: 123. Type data: MEXICO: Baja California, San Jose del Cabo, on Chaetochloa caudata.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Epidiaspis chortina (Ferris, 1921); Lindinger 1932f: 189. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Chortinaspis chortina (Ferris, 1921); Ferris 1938a: 195. change of combination
Morganella chortinus (Ferris, 1921); Lindinger 1957: 545. change of combination
Chortinaspis chortina (Ferris, 1921); Borchsenius 1966: 279. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

WeiFe2011: pp.166-167 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of the genus Chortinaspis all of the world]
Ferris1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Ferris1942: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Structure: Scale of the female elongate oval, 1.5-2 mm in diameter; tapering posteriorly, brown, thick and heavy, with a thick ventral scale. Male scale similar in color but small and slender with exuvia apical (Ferris, 1921, 1938a).
Biology: Occurring on the stems (Ferris, 1938a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1921, 1938a).