Valid Names Results

Myrtophila adnatae Brimblecombe, 1957 (Diaspididae: Myrtophila)

Nomenclatural History

• Myrtophila adnatae Brimblecombe 1957: 268. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Yelarbon, on Melaleuca adnata; collected October 1954.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mytrophila adnatae; Borchsenius 1966: 239. misspelling of genus name

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, 0.8 mm diameter; white to light fawn in colour; exuviae almost brown (Brimblecombe, 1957).
• Biology: Insects mostly single on the basal half of the upper surface of the rather small leaves (Brimblecombe, 1957).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brimblecombe (1957).

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