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Ascelis attenuata Froggatt, 1894 (Eriococcidae: Ascelis)

Nomenclatural History

• Ascelis attenuata Froggatt 1894: 214. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Thornleigh, on Eucalyptus piperita, ?/01/1894. Syntypes, female, accepted valid name Notes: According to Gullan (personal communication, March 18, 1998), there is no type material in ASCT Illustr.

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female galls are very small, reddish brown and flat. Adult female is pale yellow with a long and slender cylindrical anal appendage, truncate at the tip and surrounded at the base by a broad dark brown ring or band (Froggatt, 1894).
• Biology: Galls of female swell out on either side of the leaf, with the apical orifice on the upper side (Froggatt, 1894).
• General Remarks: Brief description and illustration by Froggatt (1894).

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