Unaspis yanonensis

(Arrow-Head Scale, Arrowhead Scale, Yanon Scale, Yanone Scale)

Taxonomy

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Kingdom: Animalia - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Phylum: Arthropoda - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
  - Class: Insecta - Insects
    - Order: Hemiptera - True Bugs
      - Family: Geometroidea
        Tribe: Laspeyresiini
        Genus: Unaspis
        Specific name: yanonensis (Kuwana, 1923)
        Scientific name: Unaspis yanonensis (Kuwana, 1923)

Unambiguous Synonyms:

Prontaspis yanonensis Kuwana, 1923
Unaspis janonensis Ter-Grigorian, 1969
Unaspis yannonensis Chou, 1982
Unaspis yanonensis Takahashi & Kanda, 1939

Misapplied Names:

Chionaspis citri Kuwana, 1907

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Ben-Dov Y., Miller, German, Gimpel.

Physical Description

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Images:

Unaspis yanonensis Unaspis yanonensis on an orange leaf, showing the white males and the darker curved female scales. Photographer: F. Bertaux
Location Taken: France Copyright: © F. Bertaux. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 188465

Unaspis yanonensis Unaspis yanonensis Diagram Photographer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Production Archives Copyright: © Ministry of Agriculture and Food Production Archives Permissions for Use: see here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 242154

Unaspis yanonensis Unaspis yanonensis 1) female shield, 2) female, 3) male shield, 4) female pygidium, 5) scale colony on lemon leaf. 6) female shield, 7) female, 8) male shield, 9) female pygidium, 10) scale colony on orange. Photographer: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Production Archives
Location Taken: Russia Copyright: © Ministry of Agriculture and Food Production Archives. Permissions for Use: see www.ForestryImages.org. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 188399

Unaspis yanonensis Unaspis yanonensis Infestation Photographer: F. Bertaux Copyright: © F. Bertaux Permissions for Use: see here. ZipcodeZoo Photo ID: 242193

Distribution

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Range and Population

Italy, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands (=Nansei Shoto), South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Armenia, Australia, Burma (=Myanmar), China, Fiji, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Unaspis:

There are approximately 21 species and subspecies in this genus: U. atricolor · U. citri · U. euonymi · U. acuminata · U. aei · U. aesculi · U. assimilis · U. atricolor · U. citri (Citrus Snow Scale) · U. emei · U. euonymi (Euonymus Scale) · U. flava · U. kanoi · U. mediforma · U. nanningensis · U. permutans · U. pseudaesculus · U. rousseti · U. turpiniae · U. xianensis · U. yanonensis (Arrow-Head Scale)

Bibliography

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Lindinger, L. 1927 Bericht über die Tätigkeit der Abteilung f. Pflanzenschutz. Jahresberichte Institut für Angewandte Botanik. Hamburg

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Notes

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Contributors:

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed January 16, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
ScaleNet
Systematic Database of the Scale Insects of the World 2004.
World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.

Identifiers:

Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14316152
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 261169

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Last Revised: May 10, 2008