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Chortinaspis chortina (Ferris)NOMENCLATURE:
Aspidiotus chortinus Ferris, 1921: 123. Type data: MEXICO: Baja California, San Jose del Cabo, on Chaetochloa caudata. Holotype female. Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA. Described: female. Illust.
Epidiaspis chortina; Lindinger, 1932f: 189. Change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender.
Chortinaspis chortina; Ferris, 1938a: 195. Change of combination.
Morganella chortinus; Lindinger, 1957: 545. Change of combination.
Chortinaspis chortina; Borchsenius, 1966: 279. Revived combination.
Host: Poaceae: Chaetochloa caudata [Ferris1921].
DISTRIBUTION: Nearctic: Mexico (Baja California Norte [Ferris1921]).
BIOLOGY: Occurring on the stems (Ferris, 1938a).
GENERAL REMARKS: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1921, 1938a).
STRUCTURE: Scale of the female elongate oval, 1.5-2 mm in diameter; tapering posteriorly, brown, thick and heavy, with a thick ventral scale. Male scale similar in color but small and slender with exuvia apical (Ferris, 1921, 1938a).
KEYS: Ferris 1946: 41 (female) [World]; Ferris 1942: 31 (female) [North America].
CITATIONS: BenDovGe2003 [catalogue: 247]; Borchs1966 [catalogue: 279]; Ferris1921 [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 123-124]; Ferris1938a [taxonomy, description, illustration, host, distribution: 195]; Ferris1938b [taxonomy: 65,68]; Ferris1942 [taxonomy: 446:31]; Ferris1946 [taxonomy, host, distribution: 39,41]; Laing1929a [taxonomy: 487]; Lindin1932f [taxonomy: 189]; Lindin1957 [taxonomy: 545].
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