Species Paratachardina decorella (Maskell, 1893)

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Regional Maps

• Carteria decorella Maskell, W.M. 1893. Further coccid notes: with descriptions of new species from Australia, India, Sandwich Islands, Demerara, and South Pacific. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 201-252 [247].

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Chamberlin, J.C. 1923. A systematic monograph of the Tachardiinae or lac insects (Coccidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 147–212.

STRUCTURE

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 [28] illustrated the external appearance of the female test.

Common Name References

Maskell, W.M. 1895. Synoptical list of Coccidae reported from Australasia and the Pacific Islands up to December 1894. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 1-35 (Native Cochineal, Native Shellac)

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/. (Rosette Lac Scale)

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