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Niveaspis townsendiana (Cockerell, 1903) (Diaspididae: Niveaspis)

Mytilaspis townsendiana Cockerell 1903b: 46. Type data: MEXICO: Colima, on "garabatillo," 13/07/1902, by T.D.A. Cockerell. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Lepidosaphes townsendiana (Cockerell, 1903); Fernald 1903b: 37. change of combination
Coccomytilus townsendiana (Cockerell, 1903); MacGillivray 1921: 293. change of combination
Lyraspis townsendiana (Cockerell, 1903); Ferris 1938a: 151. change of combination
Niveaspis townsendiana (Cockerell, 1903); Ferris 1941d: SIII-305. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Ferris1942: pp.SIV-446:58 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to species of Niveaspis]
MacGil1921: pp.293 ( Adult (F) ) [Species of Coccomytilus] Key as: Coccomytilus townsendiana

Structure: Female scale 2.0 mm long, convex, narrow, often curved; white, with orange-brown exuviae. Adult female pale yellowish green after being boiled in KOH; two segments anterior to the terminal portion much produced at the sides, into rounded lobes directed backwards, these lobes having many round glands. Second stage female pink after boiling, lobes formed as in adult, but with 2nd lobe low and entire (Cockerell, 1903b).
General Remarks: Best description and illustration by Cockerell (1903b).