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Species Cryptoripersia loweri (Brookes, 1976)

  • Chorizococcus loweri Brookes, H.M. 1976. New species and records of Chorizococcus McKenzie in Australia (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 421-432 [424].

 

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

ID Keys

(Williams, D.J., 1985) [102] (female; Australia); (Brookes, H.M., 1976) [421] (female; Australia)

 

GENERAL

Good description and illustration of the adult female given by Brookes, H.M. 1976. New species and records of Chorizococcus McKenzie in Australia (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 421–432.

BIOLOGY

Occurring on the subterranean stems and roots of its host plants.