Clavaspis herculeana (Cockerell & Hadden)

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.14008832

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3D-AE6A-FF02-FB3EFB215BFD

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Clavaspis herculeana (Cockerell & Hadden)
status

 

Clavaspis herculeana (Cockerell & Hadden) View in CoL — Herculeana scale

Occurs widely in tropical areas of the Americas, Africa, parts of Asia, Australia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 25 families, including many crop and ornamental plants. It is highly cryptic as the scales can burrow beneath the bark. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Malumphy (2012, on Annona muricata ).

Collection data. Intercepted in the UK ( London ) on A. muricata fruit, 12.xi.2012, leg. R. Waghorn, 29.vii.2013, leg. D. Dennis (abundant), 4.viii.2013, leg. J. Pollock, and 12.viii.2013, leg. D. Dennis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Coccoidea

Family

Diaspididae

Genus

Clavaspis

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