Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 72

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.14008792
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3B-AE6C-FF02-FA22FA8B58A5
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner)
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Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) View in CoL — nigra scale

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, southern Europe, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 94 families, including many crop and ornamental plants; an economic pest in tropical areas of China and India. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1997) and Malumphy (2012).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Coccidae
Genus	Parasaissetia

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