Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 75

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.14008856

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3E-AE69-FF02-F8C2FB135984

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman)
status

 

Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman) View in CoL — purple scale

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, southern Europe, Asia, Australia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 27 families; a pest of Citrus. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1982) and Malumphy (2012).

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Gros Islet, abundant on Citrus ( Rutaceae ), 19.viii.2013 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Coccoidea

Family

Diaspididae

Genus

Lepidosaphes

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