Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink, 1981

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 80

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008925
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scientific name	Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink
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* Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink View in CoL

Native to South America, introduced to North America, Caribbean, Hawaii and Europe; used in Australia for the biological control of invasive cacti; oligophagous, feeding on plants belonging to 4 families, most hosts belong to the Cactaceae ; of little economic importance.

Collection data: Gros-Islet Parish, Rodney Bay , abundant on Alternanthera bettzickiana , 24.viii.2013, ( Amaranthaceae ) and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ( Malvaceae ), 19.viii.2013 .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Pseudococcidae
Genus	Hypogeococcus

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