Dialeurodicus cornutus  Bondar 

Nomenclature : 

Dialeurodicus cornutus  Bondar,  1923: 51-52.

Biology [Bondar, 1923: 51-52] Pupal case ovoid with the cephalic area narrower, light yellow in color;  lightly covered with wax.

Host [Bondar,  1923: 52]: Melastomataceae:  Miconia,  Indet. Genus .

Distribution [Bondar,  1923: 52][NHM, London][S.E.L.]: Neotropical:  Brazil.

Taxonomy [Bondar,  1923: 51-52]:  Dorsal reticulated pattern absent;  paired pores absent;  simple pores absent except for a submarginal row of disc-like pores;  vasiform orifice chordate & elongated; operculum with lateral margin rounded, cephalic margin straight, & caudal margin slightly sinuate; mammiform projection from caudal end of vasiform orifice;  margin dentate with deep incisions forming rounded teeth; 13 pair of small submarginal setae.

Related species: No closely related genera since lacks  1) simple pores except those on the submargin, & 2)  tessellated/reticulated pattern absent on dorsum.

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