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

Mytilaspis recurvata Froggatt 1914: 683. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Cowra, on Acacia decurrens, 07/06/1900, by W.W. Froggatt. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lepidosaphes recurvata (Froggatt, 1914); Sasscer 1915: 37. change of combination
Metandaspis recurvata (Froggatt, 1914); Williams 1963b: 28. change of combination
Lepidosaphes recurvata (Froggatt, 1914); Normark, et al. 2019: 60. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale cover white, exuviae reddish brown, 2nd one very large, crenulated. Scale short, very convex, rounded and depressed at apex. Male scale cover similar, but smaller. Adult female pale yellow, elongate, broadly rounded to the apex. Pygidium bright yellow, chitinous, finely striated, terminating in 2 large rounded lobes with a smaller rounded lobe on either side, and the margin finely serrate but showing no distinct lobes further round (Froggatt, 1914).
General Remarks: Detailed description and illustration by Froggatt (1914), redescription and illustration by Williams (1963b).