Valid Names Results
Niveaspis argentata (Cockerell, 1898) (Diaspididae: Niveaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Mytilaspis argentatus Cockerell 1898l: 43-44. Type data: BRAZIL: Sao Paulo, Campinas, on unidentified tree, by F. Noack. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
- Coccomytilus argentatus (Cockerell, 1898); Leonardi 1903: 10, 11. change of combination
- Lepidosaphes argentata (Cockerell, 1898); Fernald 1903b: 305. change of combination
- Niveaspis argentata (Cockerell, 1898); MacGillivray 1921: 296. change of combination
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 2 | Genera: 2
- Araliaceae
- Hedera helix | ClapsWoGo2001
- Myrtaceae
- Myrtus | Lizery1939
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- Argentina
- La Rioja | Lizery1939
- La Rioja | ClapsWoGo2001
- Santiago del Estero | ClapsWoGo2001
- Tucuman | ClapsWoGo2001
- Brazil
- Sao Paulo | Cocker1898l
- Mexico
- Colima | Cocker1902t
- Guerrero | Ferris1941d
- Panama | Ferris1941d
Keys
- Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:58 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Niveaspis]
- Leonar1903: pp.10 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Coccomytilus] Key as: Coccomytilus argentatus
Remarks
- Structure: Female scale elongate and slender, very thin and silvery white, the dark body of the adult showing through. Male scale similar, but more oval. Mounted adult female about 2.0 mm long, very long and slender, usually more or less irregular in shape, sometimes curved (Ferris, 1941d).
- General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).
Illustrations
Citations
- Borchs1966: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 36
- ClapsWoGo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 248
- Cocker1898l: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 43-44
- Cocker1899c: distribution, host, 44
- Cocker1902p: distribution, 257
- Cocker1902t: distribution, 472
- Fernal1903b: distribution, host, taxonomy, 305
- Ferris1937a: taxonomy, 3, 5
- Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, SIII-302, SIII-303
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, SIV-446:58
- Hempel1900a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 514-515
- Leonar1903: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 10, 11-13
- Lepage1938: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 409
- Lepage1939: taxonomy, 313
- Lizery1939: catalog, distribution, host, taxonomy, 201
- MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 276, 296
- MorrisMo1922: taxonomy, 102
- Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 218