Valid Names Results
Conchaspis cordiae Mamet, 1954 (Conchaspididae: Conchaspis)Nomenclatural History
- Conchaspis cordiae Mamet 1954b: 213. Type data: WEST INDIES: Shoys, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, on Cordia sp. ("black sage") and on "Mahogany".. Holotype, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Common Names
Ecological Associates
Hosts:
Families: 3 | Genera: 3
- Boraginaceae
- Cordia | BenDov1981c Mamet1954b
- Meliaceae
- Swietenia mahagoni | BenDov1981c PanisMa1976
- Polygonaceae
- Coccoloba uvifera | BenDov1981c PanisMa1976
Geographic Distribution
Countries: 4
- British Virgin Islands | BenDov1981c Mamet1954b
- Dominican Republic | BenDov1981c PanisMa1976
- Haiti | PerezG2008
- United States
- Florida | HowardHoGa2006
Keys
- BenDov1974a: pp.371 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
- Mamet1954b: pp.239 ( Adult (F) ) [World]
Remarks
- Structure: Scale of female almost circular, white, sometimes obscured with greyish-brown extraneous particles; moderately convex; without marked ridges radiating from the scale apex (Mamet, 1954b).
- General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Mamet (1954b).
Illustrations
Citations
- BenDov1974a: taxonomy, 371
- BenDov1981c: catalog, 147-148
- BenDov2006b: catalog, taxonomy, 189
- Hodges2004: diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, 1-2
- HowardHoGa2006: distribution, host, life history, 102-104
- Mamet1954b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 213-214, 239
- MillerMiSc1973: catalog, 11
- PanisMa1976: distribution, host, 8
- PerezG2008: distribution, 213
- StoetzMi1979: catalog, 11
