Rhizoecus americanus (Hambleton)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 83

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.14008965

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A36-AE61-FF02-FF5AFD555F58

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Rhizoecus americanus (Hambleton)
status

 

Rhizoecus americanus (Hambleton) View in CoL — root mealybug

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas, isolated records from Europe and Asia; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 28 families; subterranean and highly cryptic. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Kozár & Konczné Benedicty (2007) and Malumphy (2012).

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay , abundant on Cymbopogon citratus and various unidentified grasses and herbaceous plants, 27.viii.2013 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Pseudococcidae

Genus

Rhizoecus

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