Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock, 1881
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BCC369B9-3FAD-41D3-B85C-43D738D0CBA3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008776 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3A-AE6D-FF02-FA4CFD5C58AB |
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Felipe |
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Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock |
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* Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock View in CoL — barnacle scale
Occurs widely in the Americas, and in parts of South East Asia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 70 families; a serious pest of citrus and many ornamentals.
In addition to the records below, immature Ceroplastes morphologically consistent with C. cirripediformis were collected from Ixora spp. (Rubiaceae) , Rodney Bay, 22 and 25.viii.2013.
Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay , on Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae), 19.viii.2013, on Ruellia simplex (Acanthaceae) , 17-18.viii.2013 on Lantana camara ( Verbenaceae ), 24.viii.2013 ; Reduit beach, on unidentified herbaceous plants, 23.viii.2013 .
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Coccoidea |
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