Valid Names Results

Myrtophila suticollis Brimblecombe, 1957 (Diaspididae: Myrtophila)

Nomenclatural History

• Myrtophila suticollis Brimblecombe 1957: 269. Type data: AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Amberley, on Melaleuca irbyana; collected July 1954.. Holotype, female, Type depository: Brisbane: Queensland Museum, Queensland, Australia; accepted valid name Illustr.
• Mytrophila suticollis; Borchsenius 1966: 239. misspelling of genus name

Common Names

Ecological Associates

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Families: 1 | Genera: 1

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Remarks

• Structure: Female scale circular, 1.2 mm diameter; dark fawn in colour; exuviae paler (Brimblecombe, 1957).
• Biology: Insects single and sparse on the minute host leaves (Brimblecombe, 1957).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brimblecombe (1957).

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