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Greenoidea phyllanthi (Green, 1905) (Diaspididae: Greenoidea)

Aspidiotus (Targionia) phyllanthi Green 1905a: 344. Type data: SRI LANKA: Peradeniya, on Phyllanthus myrtifolius; collected by E.E. Green, February 1900.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Davids1975,82). Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Targionia phyllanthi (Green, 1905); Sanders 1906: 16. change of combination
Greenoidea phyllanthi (Green, 1905); MacGillivray 1921: 446. change of combination
Aspidiotus phyllanthi Green, 1905; Ferris 1937c: 51. change of combination
Melanaspis phyllanthi (Green, 1905); Ferris 1941d: 347. change of combination
Crenulaspidiotus phyllanthi (Green, 1905); Borchsenius 1966: 359. change of combination
Greenoidea phyllanthi (Green, 1905); Gerson & Davidson 1974: 157. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Davidson (1975: 82) clarified that the Lectotype designation by Gerson & Davidson (1974: 159) was invalid, and designated the correct Lectotype.
Structure: Female scale dull black, with a raised whitish disc on larval pellicle: moderately convex: more or less concealed beneath the corky outer bark. Diameter 1 to 1.25 mm. Male scale grayish, (a whitish bloom overlying the blackish secretionary area). Pellicle very dark shining brown, with a raised whitish circle in centre. Length 1 mm (Green, 1905a).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Green (1905a) and by Gerson & Davidson (1974).