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Aspidiotus tridentifer Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Aspidiotus)

Aspidiotus tridentifer Ferris 1941d: 337. Type data: MEXICO: State of Oaxaca, at Chivela, on Smilax sp.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Scale of the adult female quite convex, roughly circular with the posterior end somewhat produced; texture thick and surface rather rough; exuviae displaced somewhat toward one side, color brown except for a whitish area over the exuvia. Scale of the male oval, white, exuvia close to one end (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: Occurring on the stems of the host (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Good description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d, 1941e).