Coccus viridis (Green)
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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.14008786 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3B-AE6C-FF02-FC62FE865AF8 |
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Felipe |
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Coccus viridis (Green) |
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Coccus viridis (Green) View in CoL — green coffee scale
Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 62 families, with a preference for Rubiaceae and Rutaceae ; a major pest of many crop and ornamental plants in the Caribbean. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1972b), EPPO (2009), and Malumphy (2012, on Citrus aurantifolia).
Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay , on Ixora and unidentified woody ornamentals, 16–20.viii.2013 .
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