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Lepidosaphes contorta Laing, 1929 (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Lepidosaphes contorta Laing 1929: 35-36. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Tasmania, Ross Midlands, on Acacia sp., by G.F. Hill. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: Lepidosaphes contorta is similar to L. multipora (Laing, 1929).
Structure: Female scale elongate, curved or twisted into various shapes, dark castaneous brown, often darker from adhering to bark debris or sometimes with a faint greyish appearance. Ventral scale ruptured in the middle, whitish grey, often left on bark when scale removed. Exuviae yellowish brown, nymphal exuviae much darker owing to a thin covering similar to puparium proper, 3 mm long. Adult female clearing completely in potash, membranous, pygidium somewhat darker, elongate oval, narrow in front, widest across 1st abdominal segment, the length considerably more than twice the breadth (Laing, 1929).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Laing (1929).