Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Aphenochiton pronus Henderson & Hodgson

<em>Aphenochiton pronus</em>. 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.

Prostrate scale

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