Philephedra tuberculosa Nakahara & Gill, 1985

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 73

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.14008796

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3C-AE6B-FF02-FF5AFB5B5F58

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Philephedra tuberculosa Nakahara & Gill
status

 

* Philephedra tuberculosa Nakahara & Gill View in CoL

A Neotropical species that has been spreading rapidly in the Caribbean region in recent years; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 26 families, including many crop and ornamental plants. A major pest of croton and other ornamentals.

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay , abundant female scales with oviscas on Codiaeum variagatum (Euphorbiaceae), and unidentified herbaceous ornamental plants, 25.viii.2013 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Philephedra

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