Valid Names Results
Clavaspis disclusa Ferris, 1938 (Diaspididae: Clavaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Clavaspis disclusa Ferris 1938a: 205. Type data: U.S.A.: California, Ventura County, Camarillo, on "Persian walnut" [=Juglans sp.].. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
- Clavaspis diclusa Ferris, 1938; Nakahara 1982: 24. misspelling of species epithet
Common Names
- decluse scale McKenz1956
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 5 | Genera: 6
- Cornaceae
- Cornus | McKenz1956
- Fagaceae
- Quercus | McKenz1956
- Juglandaceae
- Carya | McKenz1956
- Juglans | Ferris1938a McKenz1956
- Juglans californica | McKenz1956
- Juglans regia | McKenz1956
- Oleaceae
- Fraxinus | McKenz1956
- Rosaceae
- Prunus persica | McKenz1956
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 1
- United States
- California | Ferris1938a McKenz1956
Keys
- Gill1997: pp.101 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of California]
- McKenz1956: pp.24 ( Adult (F) ) [U.S.A.: California]
- Ferris1942: pp.31 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of the female dark gray, flat, circular, exuviae central almost entirely concealed; scale of the male not seen (Ferris, 1938a).
- Biology: Occurring on the bark (Ferris, 1938a).
- General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1938a), McKenzie (1956) and by Gill (1997).
Although reported in California, it has not been collected since 1953 and may no longer be in the state according to von Ellenrieder (2025).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDovGe2003: catalog, 308
- Borchs1966: catalog, 318
- Ferris1938a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 205
- Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:31
- Gill1997: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 101,103,106
- Lindin1957: taxonomy, 547
- McKenz1956: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 56-57
- Nakaha1982: distribution, host, taxonomy, 24
- SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 92
- VonEll2025: distribution, 23
