Species Lecanodiaspis dilatata (Froggatt, 1915)

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• Lecaniodiaspis dilatata 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 [762].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QMBA ♀, AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, near Sydney, on the wattles, at National Park.

  Type host:

   Acacia discolor [FABACEAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

ID Keys

(Howell, J.O. & Kosztarab, M., 1972) [29] (female; world); (Williams, M.L. & Kosztarab, M., 1970) [15] (first-instar nymph; world)

GENERAL

Description and illustration of adult female by Howell, J.O. & Kosztarab, M. 1972. Morphology and systematics of the adult females of the genus Lecanodiaspis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Lecanodiaspididae). Research Division Bulletin Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 70: 1–248. Description and illustration of first-instar nymph by Williams, M.L. & Kosztarab, M. 1970. A morphological and systematic study of the first instar nymphs of the genus Lecanodiaspis (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Lecanodiaspididae). Bulletin of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Research Division 52: 1–96.

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