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Aspidiotus msolonus Hall, 1929 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Aspidiotus msolonus Hall 1929: 348. Type data: ZIMBABWE: Mazoe, on Pseudolachnostylis maprounaefolia; Lomagundi, Sipolilo, on Pseudolachnostylis sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

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Structure: Female scale pure white, more or less circular, diameter 1.25-1.75 mm; highly convex; exuviae shiny brown green, pale at the margin; nymphal exuviae brown, also paler at the margin; exuviae are usually a little to one side; colour of the exuviae is masked by a semi-opaque thin white secretionary film; that part covering the larval exuviae is occasionally wanting, having presumably been knocked off; secretionary film is thinner in the vicinity of the margin of the nymphal exuviae, since the pale brown belt round the margin can often be seen through the film as a pale brown ring; ventral scale extremely thin and delicate, remaining attached to the host plant. Male scale of normal form, white with brown exuviae (Hall, 1929).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1929) and by Balachowsky (1956).