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cord grass scale
Duplachionaspis spartinae (Comstock, 1883)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Duplachionaspis spartinae (Comstock, 1883)
- Name authority
- (Comstock, 1883)
- Common name
- cord grass scale
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Diaspididae
- Genus
- Duplachionaspis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderSternorrhyncha Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843
- infraorderCoccomorpha
- familyDiaspididae
- genusDuplachionaspis MacGillivray, 1921
- speciesDuplachionaspis spartinae (Comstock, 1883)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Duplachionaspis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Duplachionaspis androkae Mamet, 1959 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis bara Mamet, 1959 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis boquetensis Ferris, 1941 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis circularis Munting, 1977 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis cryptoloba Munting, 1977 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis cymbopogoni Mamet, 1959 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis displicata Munting, 1977 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bunchgrass scaleDuplachionaspis divergens (Green, 1899) | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis erianthi Borchsenius, 1949 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis eritreana Williams, 1955 | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis graminella (Borchsenius, 1949) | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duplachionaspis hova (Mamet, 1951) | DiaspididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Haliaspis spartinae (Comstock, 1883) (Comstock, 1883) | synonym |
| Trichomytilus spartinae (Comstock, 1883) (Comstock, 1883) | synonym |
| Chionaspis spartinae Comstock, 1883 Comstock, 1883 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
California
Texas
South Carolina
Delaware
Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
New Jersey
New York
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Comstock, J.H. (1883) Second report on scale insects, including a monograph of the sub-family Diaspinae of the family Coccidae and a list, with notes of the other species of scale insects found in North America. Department of Entomology Report, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 2.Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:383DL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.