Genus:  Orchamoplatus (Orchamus) Quaintance & Baker

Nomenclature:

Orchamoplatus Russell 1958: 380

Orchamoplatus (Orchamus) Quaintance & Baker 1917: 400

Orchamus Quaintance & Baker [Dumbleton, 1956: 13]

Biology: Puparia pale or dark with a periferal layer of transparent wax..

Distribution :  All but two species are restricted to the Australasia Region.  

Taxonomy :  Caudal & Tracheal clefts in the form of exaggerated and normally invaginated combs;  with a distinctive submarginal row of barrow or dentate glands;  Paired setae always on A₁,  A₈, & caudal;  cephalic setae present or absent.

Natural Enemies:  See species list below.

Orchamoplatus caledonicus (Dumbleton)

Nomenclature:

Orchamoplatus caledonicus (Dumbleton) 1956

Aleuroplatus (Orchamus) [sic] samoanus Laing; misid Williams 1944 (in part)

Distribution:  Australasia:  New Caledonia  [Williams 1944: 100]

Host [Cohic 1959: 14: 242-243]: Indet Moraceae:  Malaisia tortuosa;  Rutaceae: Citrus medica,  C. reticulata, Citrus sp. [Russell 1958: 400] [Dumbleton 1956  25: 133];   Ulmaceae: Celtis sp.

NATURAL ENEMIES:  Aphelinidae: Encarsia neocala Heraty & Polaszek [Heraty & Polaszek 2000]

Orchamoplatus calophylli Russell

Nomenclature :

Orchamoplatus calophylli Russell 1958: 402

Distribution: Australasia: 

Host: Guttiferae:  Calophyllum sp.

Orchamoplatus citri (Takahashi)

Nomenclature :

Orchamoplatus citri (Takahashi) 1940: 381

Distribution:  Australasia:  Australia

Host:  Rutaceae: Citrus jambhiri [Martin 1999: 88],  C.  limon

NATURAL ENEMIES:  Coleoptera:  Clambidae:  Clambus sp. [Carver & Reid 1996: 30];  Nitdulidae:  Cybocephalus aleyrodiphagus Kirejtchuk

Hymenoptera:  Aphelinidae: Cales orchamoplati Viggiani [Carver & Reid 1996: 30] [Viggiani & Carver 1988: 44],   Encarsia sp. [Carver & Reid 1996: 30], 

Orchamoplatus dentatus (Dumbleton) 

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus dentatus (Dumbleton) 1956

Distribution: Australasia [Russell 1958: 403]:  Australia

Host: Myrtaceae: Indet

Orchamoplatus dumbletoni (Cohic)

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus dumbletoni (Cohic) 1959

Distribution:  Australasia:  New Caledonia

Host:  Flacourtiaceae: Homalium arboreum; Ulmaceae: Celtis sp.

Orchamoplatus incognitus (Dumbleton)

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus incognitus (Dumbleton) 1956 [Russell 1958: 399] [Dumbleton 1956 25: 136]  

Distribution  [Russell 1958: 399] [Dumbleton 1956 25: 136]: Australasia:  New Caledonia

Host  [Russell 1958: 399] [Dumbleton 1956 25: 136]: Indet

Orchamoplatus louiserussellae Martin

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus louiserussellae Martin 1999: 88

Distribution: Australasia:  Australia

Host]: Loranthaceae:  "Mistletoe"[Martin 1999: 89];  Myrtaceae:  Syzygium sp.

Orchamoplatus mammaeferus (Quaintance & Baker)

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus mammaeferus (Quaintance & Baker) 1917: 400 [Russell 1958: 393] [Laing 1927: 43] 

Orchamoplatus  (Orchamus) mammaeferus (Quaintance & Baker) 1917: 400-401 

Aleuroplatus (Orchamus) samoanus Laing 1927: 43-45

Distribution [Russell 1958: 393] [Laing 1927: 43] : Australasia:  Indonesia (Java),  Malaysia, Marquesas Islands,   New Guinea, Samoa,  Tahiti, Sulawesi, USA (Hawaii);  Nearctic:  USA;   Neotropical:  Bahamas, British West Indies;  Oriental:  Japan,  Singapore; Palaearctic: Iran

Host: Anacardiaceae: Spondias dulcis; Apocynaceae: Plumeria rubra;  Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas; Curcurbitae:  Cucurbita sp. [Martin 1999: 89];  Euphorbiaceae:  Codiaeum sp.,  C. variegatum; Myrtaceae: Austromyrtis dulcis,  Pimenta caryophylla,  P.  officinalis,  Syzygium malaccense;  Rutaceae [Dozier 1928]: Citrus aurantifolia, C. medica,  Citrus x paradisi;  C. sinensis

Natural Enemies: Coleoptera:  Coccinellidae:  Delphastus pusillus (LeConte),  Halmus chalybeus (Boisduval) [Paulson & Kumashiro 1985],  Nephaspis oculatus (Blatchley) [Paulson & Kumashiro 1985],  Serangium maculigerum Blackburn [Paulson & Kumashiro 1985]

Orchamoplatus montanus (Dumbleton)

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus montanus (Dumbleton) 1956 [Russell 1958: 398]

Distribution [Russell 1958: 398]:  Australasia:  New Caledonia 

Host [Russell 1958: 398]: Indet;  Araliaceae [Cohic 1959  14: 242-243]:  Myrita sp.;  Epacridaceae: Leucopogon dammarifolius [Cohic 1959  14: 242-243]

Orchamoplatus noumeae Russell

Nomenclature :

Orchamoplatus noumeae Russell 1958 [Williams 1944: 100]

Aleuroplatus (Orchamus) [sic] samoanus Laing; misid Williams 1944 (in part)

Distribution:  Australasia:  New Caledonia

Host:  Rutaceae: Citrus sp.

Orchamoplatus niuginii Martin

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus niuginii Martin 1985: 329

Distribution: Australasia: Papua New Guinea

Host: Guttiferae: Calophyllum inophyllum

Orchamoplatus perdentatus Dumbleton

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus perdentatus Dumbleton 1961

Distribution [Russell 1958: 398]:  Australasia:  New Caledonia

Host [Russell 1958: 398]:Indet: 

Orchamoplatus plumensis Dumbleton

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus plumensis (Dumbleton) 1956,  25: 138

Distribution [Russell 1958: 398]:  Australasia:  New Caledonia

Host [Russell 1958: 398]:Indet: 

Orchamoplatus porosus (Dumbleton)

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus porosus (Dumbleton) 1956 [Russell 1958: 406]

Distribution [Russell 1958: 406]:  Australasia:  New Caledonia

Host [Russell 1958: 406]: Myrtaceae:  Mooria artensis?

Orchamoplatus sudaniensis Gameel 1968

Nomenclature   :

Orchamoplatus sudaniensis Gameel 1968

Distribution:  Palaearctic:  Sudan

Host: Fabaceae:  Cassia fistula,  C.  occidentalis