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Asterolecanium townsendi Cockerell, 1902 (Asterolecaniidae: Asterolecanium)

Nomenclatural History

Asterolecanium townsendi Cockerell 1902t: 468. Type data: MEXICO: Platanas, Jalisco, on "Guasima".. Syntypes, female, by original designation Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name

Common Names

Townsend's pit scale StumpfLa2006

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Malvaceae

Guazuma | Russel1941

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 1

Mexico

Jalisco | Cocker1902t Miller1996 Russel1941

Keys

StumpfLa2006: pp.22-32 ( Adult (F) ) [Asterolecaniidae species of North and South America]
Russel1941: pp.12-26 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]
Russel1941: pp.26-35 ( Immature (F) ) [Species of Asterolecanium]

Remarks

General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Russell (1941) and by Stumpf & Lambdin (2006). Test of adult female, male and nymphs described and illustrated by Russell (1941).

Illustrations

Citations

Cocker1902t: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 468-469
Fernal1903b: 53
Ferris1955a: distribution, host, 26
Miller1996: catalog, distribution, 69
Russel1941: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 207-208,307
StumpfLa2006: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 77-80
Willia1985a: catalog, taxonomy, 222