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Species Austrotachardia australis (Froggatt, 1899)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

STRUCTURE

The female tests vary considerably, the typical ones like a leaf of dark reddish wax, the basal half dull with the upper portion a shining round bead of bright red wax. In the Queensland specimens the wax is more confluent, forming masses in rings around the twigs without any very regular structure (see Froggatt, W.W. 1921. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Part III. Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, New South Wales 19: 1–43). Froggatt (1921: 28) illustrated the external appearance of the female test.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024 COCCOIDEA 25-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Vivian Sandoval (ABRS)
21-Nov-2012 01-May-2014 MODIFIED
29-Jun-2012 29-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)