Subspecies Discochiton expansum expansum (Green, 1896)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lecanium expansum Green, E.E. 1896. Catalogue of Coccidae collected in Ceylon. Indian Museum Notes 4: 2-10 [9].

Generic Combinations

• Discochiton expansum expansum (Green, 1896).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Tang, F.T., 1991) [127] (female; Asia); (Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C., 1983) [100] (female; Taiwan); (Kawai, S., 1980) [146] (female; Japan)

STRUCTURE

See colour photograph in Kawai, S. 1980. Scale insects of Japan in colors. Tokyo : National Agricultural Education Association 455 pp. [figs 6, 17], Wong, C.Y., Chen, S.P. & Chou, L.Y. 1999. [Guidebook to Scale Insects of Taiwan.]. Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan : Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute 98 pp..

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of adult female by Tao, C.C.C., Wong, C.Y. & Chang, Y.C. 1983. Monograph of Coccidae of Taiwan, Republic of China (Homoptera: Coccoidea). Journal of Taiwan Museum 36: 57–107 and by Tang, F.T. 1991. [The Coccidae of China]. Taiyuan, P. R. China : Shanxi United Universities Press.

Common Name References

Naumann, I.D., Ingram, R.J. & Floyd, R. 2002. Australian Insect Common Names, based on CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. 6th edn 1993. http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn/. (Flat Scale)

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