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Duplaspidiotus claviger (Cockerell, 1901) (Diaspididae: Duplaspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

Pseudaonidia clavigera Cockerell 1901l: 226. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Durban, on twigs of Camellia sp.. Holotype, unknown, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Duplaspidiotus claviger (Cockerell, 1901); MacGillivray 1921: 453. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Pseudaonidia iota Green & Laing 1921: 127. Type data: SEYCHELLES: on Eugenia caryophyllata.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Balach1958b, 258). Illustr.
Pseudaonidea clavigera; MacGillivray 1921: 394. misspelling of genus name
Pseudaonidia clavagera Cockerell, 1901; Tao 1999: 84. misspelling of species epithet

Common Names

camellia mining scale Dekle1965c
duplascale Brimbl1962

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 14 | Genera: 14

Adoxaceae

Viburnum | Dekle1965c Takagi1963a

Brassicaceae

Brassica | Suh2026

Euphorbiaceae

Acalypha | Green1937

Lythraceae

Punica granatum | Tang1984

Malvaceae

Hibiscus | Zimmer1948

Moraceae

Ficus | WilliaWa1988

Myrtaceae

Syzygium aromaticum | Balach1958b Borchs1966 GreenLa1921 Mamet1943a Takagi1963a | (= Eugenia caryophyllata)

Oleaceae

Ligustrum lucidum | Dekle1965c

Proteaceae

Macadamia ternifolia | Zimmer1948
Macadamia tetraphylla | WilliaWa1988

Rubiaceae

Gardenia | Beards1966 Green1937 WilliaWa1988
Gardenia jasminoides | Beards1966

Rutaceae

Citrus | Zimmer1948
Citrus limon | WilliaWa1988
Citrus sinensis | WilliaWa1988

Santalaceae

Santalum freycinetianum | Zimmer1948

Sapindaceae

Dodonaea viscosa | WilliaWa1988

Theaceae

Camellia | Balach1958b BesheaTiHo1973 Brain1919 Dekle1965c Marlat1908 Takagi1963a | (= Thea)
Camellia sinensis | Takagi1963a | (= Thea chinensis)

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 16

Australia | SchutzGoGu2026

China | Tang1984

Cook Islands | WilliaWa1988

Fiji | HodgsoLa2011 WilliaWa1988

Guam | Beards1966

Hawaiian Islands

Hawaii | Zimmer1948

India | JoshiBaBh2024

Karnataka | ReddyMiMe2025
Tamil Nadu | ReddyMiMe2025

Japan | Kawai1980

Kyushu | Takagi1963a

Niue | WilliaWa1988

Papua New Guinea | WilliaWa1988

Seychelles | Balach1958b Borchs1966 GreenLa1921 Mamet1943a Takagi1963a

South Africa | Balach1958b Brain1919 Green1937 Marlat1908 Takagi1963a

Sri Lanka | Green1937

United States

Florida | BesheaTiHo1973 Dekle1965c

Vietnam | Suh2026

Western Samoa | WilliaWa1988

Keys

MillerDa2005: pp.29-34 ( Adult (F) ) [Field Key to Economic Armored Scales]
Beards1966: pp.517 ( Adult (F) ) [Federated States of Micronesia ]
Balach1958b: pp.258 ( Adult (F) ) [Africa]
Zimmer1948: pp.352 ( Adult (F) ) [Hawaii]
Fullaw1932: pp.96, 109 ( Adult (F) ) [Hawaii]
Marlat1908: pp.135 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

Structure: Female scale 2.5 mm in diameter; moderately convex; blackish; entirely covered by the epidermis of the twig, except the small shining, sublateral orange-ferruginous exuviae (Cockerell, 1901l). Female scale broad oval to circular, about 2.5 mm. in longest diameter, completely covered by the outer layers of the host plant stem, but with the brownish or resinous coloured exuviae faintly exposed; observed from below when the scale is raised, it is flatly convex, brownish in colour (Brain, 1919).
Economic Importance: This species was reported to damage Camellia spp. in Florida (Dekle & Kuitert, 1975; Dekle, 1976). Nagarkatti & Sankaran (1990) considered this species a pest of tea plants.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green & Laing (1921), Zimmerman (1948), Balachowsky (1958b) and by Tang (1984).

Illustrations

JoshiBaBh2024

Citations

Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 258-260
Beards1966: distribution, host, 517
BeardsDaHo1976: economic importance, 103
BenDovGe2003: catalog, 458-459
BesheaTiHo1973: distribution, host, 7
Borchs1966: catalog, 233
Brain1919: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 207
Brimbl1962: distribution, host, 221
CaveRe1996: distribution, host, 8
Cocker1901l: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 226
DanzigPe1998: catalog, 250-251
DavidsMi1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 603-632
Dekle1962: distribution, host, 1
Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 116
Dekle1976: distribution, economic importance, host, 78
DekleKu1975: control, description, distribution, host, life history, taxonomy, 1-4
DooleyEv2012: illustration, 11
DooleySm2013: catalog, 11
FDACSB1982: distribution, host, 5-11
FengWe2011: taxonomy, 173
Fernal1903b: 283
Ferris1937c: illustration, taxonomy, 51,70
Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 42
Fullaw1932: taxonomy, 96,109
GreenLa1921: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 125
GreenLa1923: taxonomy, 127
HodgsoLa2011: distribution, host, 23
Hunt1939: distribution, host, 548-566
JoshiBaBh2024: distribution, economic importance, host plant, 3
Kawai1980: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 205
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 16
KondoWa2024: distribution, 2
MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 453
Mamet1936: taxonomy, 92
Mamet1943a: 159
Marlat1908: distribution, host, taxonomy, 135,139
Maskew1914a: distribution, host, 446-447
Mead1985: distribution, host, 1-3
MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 302
MillerDa2005: description, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, taxonomy, 188-190
Muraka1970: distribution, host, taxonomy, 74
NagarkSa1990: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, 553-542
Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 33
ReddyMiMe2025: dispersal, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, 34
Sassce1923: distribution, host, 152-158
SchneiPo2026: distribution, economic importance, list, 13
SchutzGoGu2026: distribution, 4, 5
Strong1922: distribution, host, 775-780
Suh2026: dispersal, distribution, economic control, host, list, 6
Takagi1963a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 123
Tang1984: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 12-13
Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 84
Varshn2002: distribution, host, 29
Watson2001: list, 177
Wester1920: distribution, host,
WilliaWa1988: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 107-108
Young1986: taxonomy, 199
Zimmer1948: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 352-353