Phenacoccus aceris

Adult female elongate oval, up to 4.3 mm long, greenish-brown to purplish-brown, covered with fine white powdery wax, with 18 pairs of wax extensions around body margin. Slide-mounted adult female oval to broadly oval, membranous, sometimes with margins of body parallel. Anal lobe cerarii each with 3 or 4 lanceolate setae associated with a concentration of trilocular pores on a sclerotized area. Anterior cerarii each with 2 lanceolate setae, except C1, C2 and C3 each with 3 or 4 setae. Dorsum with lanceolate setae smaller than cerarian setae. Oral collar tubular ducts numerous, in single or double rows across thorax, abdominal segments and sometimes head. Venter with normal flagellate setae in median areas, short lanceolate setae around margins. Quinquelocular pores numerous medially on head, thorax and anterior edges of abdominal segments. Dorsal cerarii sometimes conspicuous in median and submedian areas of thorax and abdominal segments, each usually with 2 lanceolate setae and 4 or 5 trilocular pores.

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