Image of Anoplaspis metrosideri (Maskell 1880)

Description:

"Lots of scales on a sapling of southern rata, Metrosideros umbellata. Close-up photos through a 10X botanical hand lens. From the herbivore list on the PlantSyNZ database, this matches Anoplaspis metrosideri, described by Nicholas Martin as ""White scales on leaves of tree ratas, Metrosideros species, often chlorotic areas on leaf; female scale cover white, oystershell-shaped, exuvia brown with dark median area, body and eggs purple-black; male scale cover white, fusiform, exuvia brown."""