Species Opisthoscelis recurva Froggatt, 1929
- Opisthoscelis recurva Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375-378 [377].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Most detailed description and illustration by Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375–378.
STRUCTURE
Male galls tubular, tips slightly crenulated. Female galls brown, basal portion forms a circular platform upon the twig, divided from the base of the true gall by a contracted reddish scar. Female is chocolate-brown, dorsal surface shining, flattened, broadly oval. Ventral surface convex, fitting closely into the bottom of the gall chamber (see Froggatt, W.W. 1929. Notes on gall-making coccids with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 54: 375–378).