Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret, 1869

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 74

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.14008834

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3D-AE6A-FF02-FA22FD8858DD

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret
status

 

Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret View in CoL — Boisduval scale

Cosmopolitan, widespread in the Lesser Antilles, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous feeding on plants in 38 families; a pest of orchids and woody ornamental plants, particularly palms. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Malumphy (2012, on Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (Arecaceae) and Dypsis lutescens ).

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay (widespread), on Chrysalidocarpus lutescens , Cocos nucifera and unidentified palms, 16–27.viii.2013 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Diaspididae

Genus

Diaspis

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