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TWO NEW SPECIES OF ORTHEZIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. D. Tinsley
Affiliation:
Mesilla Park, New Mexico.

Extract

Orthezia cheilanthi, n. sp.—Adult ♀ Length, 3.5 mm. Width, 3-3.5 mm. Length + ovisac, 6-8 mm. Width of Ovisac 3-4 mm. Body above covered with whtie secretion, which forms lateral and sub. dorsal longitudinal keels. A well-defined subdorsal furrow between the keels and the lateral margin formed by 3 or more rows of paltes; these are smaller than the projecting marginal plates, which are flattened; caudal plate and the 3 or 4 plates on each side of it very little longer than the lateral plates. The structure of the secretion is compact; in most of the other species of Orthezia it is fluffy.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1898

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