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Cryptophyllaspis occulta (Green, 1896) (Diaspididae: Cryptophyllaspis)

Aspidiotus occultus Green 1896: 4. Type data: SRI LANKA: Punduloya, on Grewia orientalis.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name
Aspidiotus (Cryptophyllaspis) occultus Green, 1896; Cockerell 1897i: 28. change of combination
Hemiberlesia occulta (Green, 1896); Leonardi 1897b: 129. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Cryptophyllaspis occultus (Green, 1896); Cockerell 1899a: 396. change of combination
Aspidiotus (Cryptophyllaspis) occultus Green, 1896; Ramakrishna Ayyar 1921a: 357. change of combination
Cryptophyllaspis occulta (Green, 1896); Borchsenius 1966: 273. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: It is known only from the original record in Sri Lanka (Pellizzari & Porcelli, 2017)
Structure: Female scale represented externally by an ochreous scale closing the aperture of the gall; a whitish film lining the cavity may be taken to represent the ventral scale; exuviae do not appear on the surface, but lie within the gall; second exuvia is very large, sometimes as large as, or even larger, than the adult insect, in this respect approaching the genus Aonidia; the aperture of the gall, opening on the under surface of the leaf, is surrounded by a prominent irregularly lobed rim; diameter of gall from 0.5-0.75 mm. Male scale occupying shallow depressions on the under surface of the leaf; oval, flat; transparent, very pale reddish yellow; exuviae bright yellow; size about 1 X 0.75 mm (Green, 1896e). Colour illustration of the gall formed by this species by Green (1896e).
Biology: A very small species, forming minute rounded galls on the upper surface of leaves of Grewia orientalis; although the galls appear on the upper surface, the insects are in reality placed on the under surface, at first forming depressions as in Aspidiotus putearius, but in Cryptophyllaspis occulta the process is carried further by the formation of a cell, which almost completely encloses the insect; occasionally two individuals occupy a single cell (Green, 1896e).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941e).