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LEPIDOPTERA, Olethreutidae -- <Images>
& <Juveniles> Coccathera spissana Zell. is a natural enemy of Ceroplastes egbarium Ckll. in southern Africa. The larvae are considered to be predaceous on the eggs in the chamber
underneath the female host body. A
high percentage of scales examined had 1-3 emergence holes in the
dorsum. The mature larva is 4.5 mm.
long, and the empty pupal case remains partly extended from the emergence
hole (Bevis 1923). References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional
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