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Lepidosaphes lobulata (Froggatt, 1914) (Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes)

Mytilaspis lobulatus Froggatt 1914: 680. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Gunnedah, on Casuarina sp.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lepidosaphes lobulatus (Froggatt, 1914); Sasscer 1915: 37. change of combination
Lepidosaphes lobulata (Froggatt, 1914); Miller, D.R., Gimpel, M.E. & Williams, D.J. 2003: 946. emendation that is justified

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female cover white, very convex, short, distinctly transversely ribbed, sloping from the middle towards both extremities. First exuviae long, narrow, ridged down the center, forming a regular stalk, pale yellow on margins, green in the center. Second exuviae very large, merged into and apparently occupying nearly half the basal portion of the true cover, reddish brown. Adult female brown, with pygidium distinctly defined, the outer margin deeply serrate, showing about nine short serrate lobes divided in the center, but somewhat irregular in form and not projecting far beyond the margin (Froggatt, 1914).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Froggatt (1914).