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

Mytilaspis subspiculifera Froggatt 1914: 875. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Whitton, on Exocarpus aphylla, 10/07/1900. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lepidosaphes subspiculifera (Froggatt, 1914); Borchsenius 1966: 51. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Structure: Female scale dull white, variable in form, short and broad, broadest and rounded behind convex, exuviae dull yellowish brown, 1st small, 2nd larger. Male scale similar, but smaller and shorter. Adult female yellow, elongate, rounded at apex. Pygidium darker, with the outer margin serrate and fringed with distinct scattered bristles, the terminal lobes large, broad, projecting, separated from base with an angular lobe on outer side (Froggatt, 1914).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Froggatt (1914).