Kuwanaspis

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

Kuwanaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily:	Coccoidea
Family:	Diaspididae
Subfamily:	Diaspidinae
Tribe:	Chionaspidini
Subtribe:	Kuwanaspidina
Genus:	Kuwanaspis MacGillivray, 1921
Species
See text
Synonyms
Chuaspis Tao & Wong, 1982[1]

Species

Species include:

• Kuwanaspis annandalei (Green, 1919) as Chionaspis annandalei[1]
• Kuwanaspis arundinariae Takahashi, 1938
• Kuwanaspis bambusae Kuwana, 1902 as Leucaspis bambusae
• Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell, 1899) as Mytilaspis bambusicola, junior synonym Chuaspis shuichuensis [1][2]
• Kuwanaspis bambusifoliae Takahashi, 1934 as Tsukushiaspis bambusifoliae
• Kuwanaspis daliensis
• Kuwanaspis elongata
• Kuwanaspis elongatoides
• Kuwanaspis foliosa Wu, 1986 as Kuwanaspis foliosus
• Kuwanaspis hikosani
• Kuwanaspis howardi (woolly bamboo scale)
• Kuwanaspis linearis (bamboo long scale)
• Kuwanaspis multipora
• Kuwanaspis neolinearis
• Kuwanaspis pectinata
• Kuwanaspis phragmitis
• Kuwanaspis phyllostachydis
• Kuwanaspis pseudoleucaspis (bamboo diaspidid)
• Kuwanaspis suishana
• Kuwanaspis takahashii
• Kuwanaspis tanzawensis
• Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi, 1931) as Tsukushiaspis vermiformis[3]

References

1. Takagi, Sadao (1999). "Notes on the scale insect subtribe Kuwanaspidina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 56: 95–150.
2. 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.
3. Yuyin, Lin (1990). "Observations on Kuwanaspis vermiformis (Takahashi)". Journal of Bamboo Research. 1990 (2). Abstract