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Lachnodius froggatti Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy, 2019 (Eriococcidae: Lachnodius)

Lachnodius froggatti Beardsley, Gullan & Hardy 2019: 61. Type data: AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, ex open top pit gall on leaf, Eucalyptus sp., 11/24/1899, by Penrith,. Holotype, female, by present designation Type depository: Orange: Agricultural Scientific Collections Unit, Orange Agricultural Institute, NSW, Australia; accepted valid name Notes: Paratypes: New South Wales: two adult females: ex leaf pit galls, Eucalyptus sp., WW Froggatt number 27ASCTHE101355, ASCTHE101356 (ASCU); one adult female, three second-instar females: ex pits on leaves, Eucalyptus sp., 10 km S of Coonabarabran, roadside verge, 29 Nov 1984, PJGullan (ANIC); one second-instar female, ex pit in leaf of E. baueriana, ca. 6 km WSW of Narooma, Wagonga Scenic Drive, 36.24S, 150.97E, 31 Dec 2008, PJGillan (ANIC); two adult females, one second-instar female with pharate adult: ex pits in leaves, E. ?melliodora, Oallen, 1760 Oallen Ford Road, Windellama, 35.13S, 150.02E, 10 Jan 2018, PJGullan Illustr.

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Countries: 1

Systematics: http://zoobank.org/2869D8E4-DDEE-4563-99C0-09F8A867FDFD The adult female of L. froggatti is most similar to that of L. eucalypti. See remarks for L. eucalypti for a comparison.(Hardy, et al., 2019)
Structure: The adult female is white to pale cream or yellow in life and mature females produce copious dorsal glassy wax filaments and white powdery wax, Mounted body outline circular to oval; length 2.3–8.9 mm, greatest width 1.8–5.8 mm Eyes 47–75 μm wide, on venter between margin and scape. Antennae seven-segmented; Dorsal derm membranous; two size classes of dorsal marotubular ducts, some larger ducts with seta touching rim. (Hardy, et al., 2019) Second-instar female broadly oval to nearly circular in outline; length 1.7–3.2 mm. Eyes ca. about one eye diameter removed from fringe line on venter. Antenna six-segmented (Hardy, et al., 2019)
Biology: The females have been found only on the leaves and the pit below the female’s body may be up to 1.5 mm deep. The leaf area around the feeding insect is often depressed and discolored or necrotic, and the opposite surface of the leaf has a bulge; on very young foliage, the female causes leaf curling (Hardy, et al., 2019)
General Remarks: .Detailed description and illustration in Hardy, et al., 2019

HardyBeGu2019: description, diagnosis, distribution, genebank, host, illustration, key, taxonomy, 61-64