Acutaspis Explained

Acutaspis is a genus of scale insects belonging to the family Diaspididae.

The species of this genus are found mainly in the Americas.

Species

Species:These 18 species belong to the genus Acutaspis:

• Acutaspis acuta (Mamet, 1951) (Madagascar)
• Acutaspis agavis (Townsend & Cockerell, 1898) (North, Central, and South America)
• Acutaspis albopicta (Cockerell, 1898) (albopicta scale) (North, Central, and South America)
• Acutaspis aliena (Newstead, 1901) (Alien Scale)
• Acutaspis arbelaezi Balachowsky, 1959 (Colombia)
• Acutaspis decorosa Ferris, 1941 (Mexico)
• Acutaspis erythraspidis (Newstead, 1917) (Guyana)
• Acutaspis litorana Lepage, 1942 (Brazil)
• Acutaspis morrisonorum Kosztarab, 1963 (round conifer scale) (United States, Bermuda, Canada, Caribbean)
• Acutaspis oliveirae (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942) (Brazil)
• Acutaspis paulista (Hempel, 1900) (Brazil, Argentina)
• Acutaspis perseae (Comstock, 1881) (red bay scale)
• Acutaspis ramirezi Balachowsky, 1959 (Colombia)
• Acutaspis reniformis (Cockerell, 1897) (Mexico, Argentina)
• Acutaspis scutiformis (Cockerell, 1893) (Argentina, Guatemala, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia)
• Acutaspis subnigra McKenzie, 1947 (Peru)
• Acutaspis tingi McKenzie, 1947 (Mexico)
• Acutaspis umbonifera (Newstead, 1920) (Guyana, Paraguay, Colombia, United States, Panama)