Live character of Paralecanium expansum (Green)

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Adult very broadly oval, flat, very slightly convex in the middle; margin indented at anal and stigmatic clefts. Colour of living insect brownish yellow with well-defined lighter yellow inner border; a submarginal translucent zone; anal plate bright yellow, bright yellow linear patch arises from the anal plate in diverging directions and merge to form translucent light yellow patch forming anterior portion of thorax and head. Yellow linear patches enclose dark brown irregular areas on both sides of abdomen. Anterior portion of anal plate possesses an irregular median pellucid patch, through which the movements of the internal organs can be distinguished. The dorsal surface is coated with a delicate transparent waxy layer which is thickened in definite polygonal plates arranged in curved longitudinal series.