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Trichomytilus formosus (Maskell, 1894) (Diaspididae: Trichomytilus)

Mytilaspis formosa Maskell 1894b: 68-69. Type data: AUSTRALIA: South Australia, Renmark, on Eucalyptus orbifolia and E. corynocalyx. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Auckland: New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, New Zealand; Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Lepidosaphes formosa (Maskell, 1894); Fernald 1903b: 309. change of combination
Trichomytilus formosus (Maskell, 1894); Leonardi 1904: 23. change of combination

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Cocker1899f: pp.14 ( Adult (F) ) [Australian species of Mytilaspis] Key as: Mytilaspis formosa

Structure: Female scale snow white, first exuviae small, dull yellow, 2nd much larger and dark reddish yellow. Adult female dark orange, elongate, with 2 median lobes, with two spines between them and a smaller lobe on either side (Froggatt, 1914).
General Remarks: Detailed descriptions and illustrations by Maskell (1894b) and Morrison & Morrison (1922).