Valid Names Results

Chrysomphalus variabilis McKenzie, 1943 (Diaspididae: Chrysomphalus)

Nomenclatural History

• Chrysomphalus variabilis McKenzie 1943: 148. Type data: AUSTRALIA: West Australia, Norseman, on Quandang or "wild peach of Australia" Santalum acuminatum.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• SmithPEvDo2012: pp.6-May ( Adult (F) ) [Key to the species of the genus Chrysomphalus]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of the female approximately 1.25 mm. in diameter, yellowish-brown, with a darker, dark-brown band surrounding the pale, yellowish-brown centrally-placed exuvium; scale of the male similar in color to that of the female, oval, exuvium near one end (McKenzie, 1943).
• Biology: Occurring on the leaves (McKenzie, 1943).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by McKenzie (1943).

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