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Marginaspis thevetiae Hall, 1946 (Diaspididae: Marginaspis)

Marginaspis thevetiae Hall 1946: 58. Type data: SIERRA LEONE: Njala, on Thevetia neriifolia.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; accepted valid name Illustr.

Families: 3 | Genera: 3

Countries: 3

Structure: Scale of the female roughly hemispherical in outline, 3 mm. long, 1.50 to 1.75 mm. wide; flat; colour chocolate; exuviae black or very dark brown and placed so close to the flattened edge as to appear marginal; ventral scale thin but persistent round the margin to a greater or lesser degree. Male scale similar to that of female in shape but very much smaller, with only a very narrow fringe of the ventral scale persisting round the margin; exuvia black or very dark brown (Hall, 1946).
Biology: Lying on the under-surface of the leaf with the flattened portion of the margin resting against the very narrow thickened rim formed by the turning under the extreme margin of the leaf (Hall, 1946).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Hall (1946), McKenzie (1950) and by Balachowsky (1958b).