Asterodiaspis luteola (Russell) (Asterolecaniidae)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Son, Ah-Ram, 2017, Notes on oak-infesting species of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in Korea, Insecta Mundi 2017 (551), pp. 1-5 : 2

Asterodiaspis luteola (Russell) (Asterolecaniidae)

Asterolecanium luteolum Russell, 1941 . Type data: Japan, on Quercus serrata .

Field characters. Adult female cover slightly convex subcircular; approximately 0.63 mm long; semitransparent; green to yellow.

Slide-mounted characters. Adult female round to oval with 8-shaped pores of a single row on dorsal margin, two types of dorsal 8-shaped pores; apical setae on separate lobes, about 42 um long; with about 10 quinquelocular pores in each spiracular furrow; multilocular pores in transverse abdominal rows on venter.

Material examined. Korea. JN: Jirisan, 3 adult females, on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae) bark, vi-3-2011 (S.J. Suh); GB: Apsangongwon, 3 adult females, on Quercus sp. (Fagaceae) bark, vi-6-2011 (S.J. Suh).

Distribution. Japan, USA ( García et al. 2017), * Korea.

Hosts. Fagaceae : Quercus serrata , Quercus sp. ( García et al. 2017).

Remarks. This species was collected on bark of Quercus and no damage to its host plants was observed.