Kuwanaspis

Kuwanaspis is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae. They feed on bamboo.

Species[]

Species include:

(Green, 1919) as Chionaspis annandalei^[1]
Takahashi, 1938
Kuwana, 1902 as Leucaspis bambusae
(Cockerell, 1899) as Mytilaspis bambusicola, junior synonym Chuaspis shuichuensis ^[1]^[2]
Takahashi, 1934 as Tsukushiaspis bambusifoliae
Wu, 1986 as Kuwanaspis foliosus
(woolly bamboo scale)
(bamboo long scale)
(bamboo diaspidid)
(Takahashi, 1931) as Tsukushiaspis vermiformis^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c Takagi, Sadao (1999). "Notes on the scale insect subtribe Kuwanaspidina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 56: 95–150.
^ Tao, Charles Chia-chu; Wong, Chen-yu (1982). "Description of a new genus and species of bamboo scale, Chuaspis shuichuensis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspidae) from Taiwan, China". Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum. 35: 123–125.
^ Yuyin, Lin (1990). "Observations on Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi)". Journal of Bamboo Research. 1990 (2). Abstract

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