Aspidiotus destructor 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.14008822

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3D-AE6A-FF02-FECEFAD15FED

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Aspidiotus destructor Signoret
status

 

Aspidiotus destructor Signoret View in CoL — coconut or transparent scale

Cosmopolitan, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 71 families; a pest of coconut, banana, mango and many ornamentals, particularly palms. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1966b) and Malumphy (2012, on Annona muricata ).

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay , abundant on Cocos nucifera , 16.viii.2013 . Intercepted in the UK (Herefordshire, nursery), on Dypsis lutescens , 30.viii.1993, 9.ix.1993 and 15.ix.1993, leg. Hardy.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Coccoidea

Family

Diaspididae

Genus

Aspidiotus

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