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 .