Species Eriococcus syncarpiae (Froggatt, 1915)
- Gossyparia syncarpiae 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 [1064].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Description and illustration 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.
STRUCTURE
Adult female rests upon a cushion of cottony secretion, in which she is encircled, but the greater part of the dorsal surface is exposed. General color is a dull purplish-black, convex, broadly rounded (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).