Puto barberi (Cockerell)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 82

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BCC369B9-3FAD-41D3-B85C-43D738D0CBA3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008961
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A35-AE62-FF02-FA65FAC85848
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Puto barberi (Cockerell)
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Puto barberi (Cockerell) View in CoL — Barber giant mealybug

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of South America and the Caribbean, introduced to the Canary Islands ( Spain); polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 37 families; a serious pest of Citrus and ornamentals. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Williams & Granara de Willink (1992) and Malumphy (2012, on an unspecified plant.)

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay, Reduit beach, on Coccoloba uvifera , 27.viii.2013 .

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Taxonomy

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

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