Valid Names Results

Conchaspis ekebergiae Munting, 1964 (Conchaspididae: Conchaspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Conchaspis ekebergiae Munting 1964: 59. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Natal, Umkomaas, on Ekebergia meyeri.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• BenDov1974a: pp.372 ( Adult (F) ) [World]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of adult female circular, moderately convex, often strongly distorted due to its position on the host plant; colour reddish-brown to dull dark brown according to age; about 2.4 mm in diameter. Scale of male broadly oval, felty white without striations, about 1.6 mm long (Munting, 1964).
• General Remarks: Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Munting (1964).

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