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Hadzibejliaspis stipae (Hadzibejli, 1960) (Coccidae: Hadzibejliaspis)

Exaeretopus stipae Hadzibejli 1960b: 310. Type data: REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA: near Tbilisi, on Stipa caucasica.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; Tbilisi: Plant Protection Institute, Republic of Georgia; accepted valid name
Hadzibejliaspis stipae (Hadzibejli, 1960); Koteja 1978: 318. change of combination
Hadzibejiliaspis stipae; Tang 1991: 52. misspelling of genus name
Hadzibeyliaspis stipae; Batsankalashvili, et al. 2017: 254. misspelling of genus name

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 2

Biology: According to Hadzibejli (1960, 1973), egg laying occurs in early June among the leaves of Stipa caucasica, but the females can drop to the ground easily, as they are not fixed on the host plant; the female secretes a loose ovisac of thick, waxy, brilliant threads that do not entirely cover the body; and each female can lay up to 160 pinky-yellowish eggs. H. stipae has been collected so far only in Georgia, near Tbilisi, off Stipa caucasica and S. pulcherrima (Hadzibejli, 1960, 1973).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Hodgson (1994a).