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Pseudaonidia lycii Brain, 1919 (Diaspididae: Pseudaonidia)

Nomenclatural History

• Pseudaonidia lycii Brain 1919: 210. Type data: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Province, Uitenhage, on Lycium afrum; collected by C.P. Lounsbury, 1.viii.1906.. Lectotype, female, by subsequent designation (Muntin1970a,39). Type depository: Pretoria: South African National Collection of Insects, South Africa; accepted valid name Illustr.

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Brain1919: pp.206 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]

Remarks

• Structure: Scale of adult female about 1.6 mm. in diameter, circular or somewhat elongate, moderately convex, sordid buff in colour, but usually obscured by the outer layers or bark of the host plant; exuviae are central, covered, and dull yellow in rubbed specimens; ventral scale is very delicate and remains attached to the host plant (Brain, 1919).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Brain (1919).

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