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Cameronaspis pustilfera Takagi, Pong & Ghee, 1988 (Diaspididae: Cameronaspis)

Cameronaspis pustilfera Takagi, Pong & Ghee 1988: 8-9. Type data: MALAYSIA: Tanah Rata, on Henslowia sp., 14/01/1986. Holotype, female, by original designation Type depository: Kepong: Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Selandgor, Malaysia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Systematics: Adult female very similar to adult female of Cameronaspis linderae, differing only in the numbers of external secretory organs: macroducts, gland spines and disk pores (except anterior spiracular disk pores) tending to be fewer than in C. linderae. This species is recognized as distinct mainly on account of the second instar male which is remarkably different from that of C. linderae in the cup-like ducts and the marginal processes of the pygidium (Takagi et al., 1988).
Structure: Male tests strongly tricarinate (Takagi et al., 1988).
Biology: This species was recorded from altitudes of 1600m. The adult female, when occurring on the leaf, causes a white pustulous growth on the leaf tissue. The growth is nearly elliptical or pyriform when completed, enclosing the insect body and test. On the twigs of Euodia latifolia the female test are covered by the thin epidermal layer of the host plant (Takagi et al., 1988).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Takagi et al., (1988).

TakagiPoGh1988: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 8-9, 17, 23, 25, 29