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Species Chrysomphalus fodiens (Maskell, 1892)

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Species Chrysomphalus fodiens (Maskell, 1892)

  • Aspidiotus fodiens Maskell, W.M. 1892. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species, and remarks on coccids from New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 1-64 [dated 1891] [10] [illustration].
    Type data:
     Status unknown, NZAC, Australia.
    Type host:
     Acacia sp. [MIMOSACEAE]
  • Chrysomphalus fodiens albus Laing, F. 1929. Report on Australian Coccidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 20: 15-37 [26].

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Darwin; Koolpinyah; Stapleton.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia sp. [MIMOSACEAE]; Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. [MYRTACEAE]; Pithecellobium moniliferum (Decne.) Benth. [MIMOSACEAE]).

 

General References

Fernald, M.E. 1903. A catalogue of the Coccidae of the world. Bulletin of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College 88: 1-360 [259] (as Aspidiotus fodiens)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [312-313] (as Aspidiotus fodiens; description)

Green, E.E. 1916. Remarks on Coccidae from Northern Australia – II. Bulletin of Entomological Research 7: 53-65 [53] (as Aspidiotus fodiens)

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 [3] (as Aspidiotus fodiens)