Valid Names Results

Diaphoraspis orbata Brimblecombe, 1957 (Diaspididae: Diaphoraspis)

Nomenclatural History

• Diaphoraspis orbata Brimblecombe 1957: 278. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Moggill, on Casuarina cunninghamiana; collected July 1953.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 2

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Remarks

• Structure: Insects single on twigs mostly in axils of the branchlets; scale subcircular, 1.2 mm diameter, or slightly oval; dark to blackish brown, exuviae brown (Brimblecombe, 1957).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brimblecombe (1957).

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