Valid Names Results

Discodiaspis consolidata (Ferris, 1941) (Diaspididae: Discodiaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Chortinaspis consolidata Ferris 1941d: SIII-338. Type data: UNITED STATES: California, San Bernardino County, near Old Woman Springs, on Hilaria rigida, 1939, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Discodiaspis consolidata (Ferris, 1941); Munting 1968a: 421. change of combination

Common Names

• grass scale McKenz1956

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1974c: pp.25 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Discodiaspis]
• McKenz1956: pp.24 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California] Key as: Chortinaspis consolidata
• Ferris1946: pp.41 ( Adult (F) ) [World] Key as: Chortinaspis consolidata
• Ferris1942: pp.30 ( Adult (F) ) [North America] Key as: Chortinaspis consolidata

Remarks

• Systematics: Ferris (1941d) states that Discodiaspis consolidata might be the type of a new genus, but is similar to Chortinaspis frankliniana.
• Structure: Female scale white, somewhat convex, oval, with the exuviae toward one end, ventral scale thin. Male scale white, elongate, with exuviae apical. Adult female 1.25 mm long (Ferris, 1941d).
• Biology: Occurring on the stems, concealed beneath the coating of tomentum (Ferris, 1941d).
• General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d), McKenzie (1956) and by Gill (1997).

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