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Tachardiella pustulata (Cockerell, 1895) (Tachardiidae (= Kerriidae): Tachardiella)

Tachardia pustulata Cockerell 1895r: 2. Type data: USA: Arizona, near Phoenix, on a small perennial Compositae, 1894, collected Prof. Toumey.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name
Tachardiella (Tachardiella) pustulata (Cockerell, 1895); Chamberlin 1923: 179. change of combination
Tachardiella pustulata (Cockerell, 1895); Kapur 1958: 29. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 2

Countries: 1

KondoGu2011: pp.347-350 ( Adult (F) ) [Key Based on Adult Females to Separate Species of the Family Kerriidae Known to Occur in the New World]

Structure: Female scales more or less massed together, sometimes single, deep crimson, about the colour of black-currant jelly, moderately shiny, with small, transparent or translucent pustule-like prominences. A single scale is 3.5 mm. long, 3 wide and 2.5 high, but there is variability in size, some being larger. Very young scales, only 1.5 mm. long, are more pellucid, and about the colour of guava-jelly, with three irregular blunt rays on each side, and a dorsal tooth-like prominence resembling that of T. cornuta. (Cockerell, 1895)
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adulr female by Chamberlin (1923).