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Diaspis refertinatis Ferris, 1941 (Diaspididae: Diaspis)

Diaspis refertinatis Ferris 1941d: SIII-278. Type data: PANAMA: Chiriqui Province, Boquete, from Eugenia sp., 1938, by G.F. Ferris. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Davis: The Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, California, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Diaspis refertinatis is readily recognizable by the very large median lobes, the reduction of the other lobes and the numerous dorsal ducts which are as large as the marginal ducts (Ferris, 1941d).
Structure: Female scales somewhat oval, white, granular in texture, rather thin, moderately convex, with but the pale first exuviae exposed. Male scale with fluffy wax which sometimes can almost conceal the scale. Adult female about 1 mm long, almost circular, pygidium projecting little (Ferris, 1941d).
Biology: Female scales occur on the under side of host leaves, close to the midrib (Ferris, 1941d).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Ferris (1941d).