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Aphenochiton pronus Henderson & Hodgson

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[Aphenochiton pronus}. Adult females (greenish-yellow) and an empty male test (cover), on [Hebe pauciramosa] leaves.

[Aphenochiton pronus}. Adult females (greenish-yellow) and an empty male test (cover), on [Hebe pauciramosa] leaves.

The species name pronus means "lying flat, or face down on the ground." The scale has been found in the slightly cupped leaves of a hebe, and also collected in pit traps in tussock country in the South Island.

Biology: probably one generation per year and probably overwintering as adult females. The new generation is produced through summer.&

Found on the leaves of:

Coprosma sp.
Hebe pauciramosa