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Aspidiotus madecassus Mamet, 1954 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Nomenclatural History

• Aspidiotus madecassus Mamet 1954: 50. Type data: MADAGASCAR: Périnet, on "Vahim davenona", and Tsinjoarivo, on undetermined plant.. Syntypes, unknown, Type depository: Paris: Museum National d'Histoire naturelle, France; accepted valid name Illustr.

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• Structure: Female scale flat, pale-straw coloured, transparent, more or less circular, with adult female occupying the centre of scale; exuviae more opaque, yellowish, subcentral. Male scale similar to that of female, but a little more elongate (Mamet, 1954).
• Biology: Occurring on under surface of leaves (Mamet, 1954).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Mamet (1954).

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