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Seychelles Scale

Icerya seychellarum

Photo by Richard Ong
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Field Notes

Description:

approx. 5mm

Habitat:

found on leaf in garden surrounded by secondary jungle at approx. 1370m asl

Notes:

Hemiptera; Monophlebidae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Richard Ong
@Mark Ridgway... according to a study paper (link below)... "Icerya seychellarum was described by Westwood (1855) from the Seychelles" ref: https://bioone.org/journals/African-Entomology/volume-27/issue-1/003.027.0258/An-Assessment-of-the-Seychelles-Scale-iIcerya-seychellarum-i-Westwood/10.4001/003.027.0258.short
Mark Ridgway
An interesting one. I wonder if they were originally only in the Seychelles.

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