Cryptophyllaspis elongata ( Green, 1905 )

Pellizzari, Giuseppina & Porcelli, Francesco, 2017, Aspidiotus bornmuelleri Lindinger, 1911, rev. comb. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae), a neglected endemic species from Macaronesia, with comments on the genus Cryptophyllaspis, and further notes on the scale insect fauna of Canary Islands, Spain, Zootaxa 4300 (1), pp. 99-110 : 101

Cryptophyllaspis elongata ( Green, 1905)

Green (1905) stated that this species forms pit galls on the upper surface of the leaves of Grewia ; the opening of each gall is closed by the scale cover; and that the female cover consists principally of a delicate film lining the cavity of the gall. The species is known only from the original record in Sri Lanka. Green described it as Aspidiotus (Cryptophyllaspis) occultus elongatus , i.e., a subspecies of A. (Cryptophyllaspis) occultus . Sanders (1906) elevated it to species rank in the genus Cryptophyllaspis . Ferris (1941) considered it to be an Aspidiotus , but later Borchsenius (1966) transferred the species back into Cryptophyllaspis . Munting (1971) presented the first reliable drawing of the pygidium of this species as Cryptophyllaspis elongatus .