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Leonardianna pimentae (Newstead, 1917) (Diaspididae: Leonardianna)

Aspidiotus pimentae Newstead 1917: 375. Type data: JAMAICA: on Pimenta officinalis; collected by A.H. Ritchie.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.
Leonardianna pimentae (Newstead, 1917); MacGillivray 1921: 450. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale subcircular, greatest diameter averaging 1.5 mm; slightly produced posteriorly and uptilted by the thick ventral pellicle, which does not extend to the margin behind; dorsal pellicle strongly convex or subconical; larval pellicle subcentral (in young forms it is central), more or less nipple-like, generally nude and bright castaneous or piceous; secretionary portion covered with the grey epidermal layer of the bark; beneath this the pellicle is thick and varies from dark castaneous to dark piceous; ventral pellicle low convex externally, fitting closely into the pit of depression; central area with a thin, circular, whitish pellicle, the diameter of which is approximately equal to the width of the very dense dark border surrounding it (Newstead, 1917).
Biology: Central pellicle resting in a well-defined circular pit or depression in the bark of the food-plant (Newstead, 1917).
Economic Importance: Causing pits on the bark of the host (Newstead, 1917). Newstead (1917) reported that this species apparently has caused in Jamaica the loss of about 2000 pimento trees.
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Newstead (1917) and by Ferris (1941d).