Species Eriococcus bicolor (Froggatt, 1915)
- Rhizococcus bicolor Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411-423, 511-516, 603-615, 754-764, 1055-1064 [1059].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Brief description by Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411–423, 511–516, 603–615, 754–764, 1055–1064.
SYSTEMATICS
Slide-mounted adult female with: anal lobes with group of short blunt enlarged setae; dorsum covered with short hair-like enlarged setae (Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411–423, 511–516, 603–615, 754–764, 1055–1064).
STRUCTURE
Adult female blackish purple with yellowish markings (See Froggatt, W.W. 1915. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ('Coccidae') of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 411–423, 511–516, 603–615, 754–764, 1055–1064).