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Species Eriococcus constrictus Froggatt, 1933

  • Eriococcus constrictus Froggatt, W.W. 1933. The Coccidae of the casuarinas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58: 363-374 [365].

 

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder.

 

GENERAL

Detailed description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1933. The Coccidae of the casuarinas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58: 363–374.

STRUCTURE

Female sac light reddish-brown and closely felted. Adult female dark brown and giving an amber tint when boiled in potash (see Froggatt, W.W. 1933. The Coccidae of the casuarinas. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58: 363–374).