Species Eriococcus syncarpiae (Froggatt, 1915)

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Regional Maps

• Gossyparia syncarpiae Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411-423, 511-516, 603-615, 754-764, 1055-1064 [1064].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ASCT Female, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Gosford.

  Type host:

   Syncarpia laurifolia

Generic Combinations

• Eriococcus syncarpiae (Froggatt, 1915). —
  Kozár, F. 2009. Zoogeographical analysis and status of knowledge of the Eriococcidae (Hemiptera), with a World list of species. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura. Milano 2 41(2): 87-121 [101]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

STRUCTURE

Adult female rests upon a cushion of cottony secretion, in which she is encircled, but the greater part of the dorsal surface is exposed. General color is a dull purplish-black, convex, broadly rounded (see Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411–423, 511–516, 603–615, 754–764, 1055–1064).

GENERAL

Description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411–423, 511–516, 603–615, 754–764, 1055–1064.

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