Live character of Ceroplastes rubens (Maskell)

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Female pentagonal in dorsal view, hemispherical laterally, without horns; pink to reddish brown, with marginal flange, not hiding lateral wax filaments, without plates and nuclei. Stigmatic bands present near both spiracles, anterior bands directed forward, nearly touching anteriorly, filamentous wax confined to stigmatic areas