An Account of the Insects Noxious to Agriculture and Plants in New Zealand / The Scale Insects (Coccididae)

by William Miles Maskell

Male unknown.

Habitat in New Zealand—On Bavardia, in hothouses, Christchurch. In Europe on ivy.

This insect belongs to Signoret's first series: the dorsal spots distinguish it from L. hesperidum.

48. Lecanium mori, Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 407.

Maskell, N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVII., 1884, p. 29.

([Plate XI.], Fig. 4.)

Adult female naked; elongated, convex; reddish; length, about ¹/₉in. Skin smooth, without spots, tessellations, or keels. Antennæ of seven joints. Feet normal.

Adult male unknown: pupa covered by a white, elongated, segmented, glassy test.

Habitat in New Zealand—On Alsophila Colensoi and other ferns, Botanical Gardens, Wellington. In Europe on mulberry, &c.

The insect belongs to Signoret's second series.