Live character of Metaceronema japonica (Maskell)






Completely grown up females wholly covered by closely woven white threads. The female ovate, moderately convex with dense, vertical, waxy bands, of white colour arising from the anal plates on both sides, extending far up to head. Marginal area covered with similar white wax band and seven bands from either side of the dorsum arise from marginal areas and join the middle wax bands. After removal of the wax the females look yellowish green on submarginal areas with dark brown marking on the median area and middorsal line white. Marginal setal fringe clearly visible.