Melanaspis inopinata (Leonardi, 1913)

Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 499-525 : 511

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5495014
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scientific name	Melanaspis inopinata (Leonardi, 1913)
status

Treatment

Recorded by Borg (1932) (as Aonidiella inopinata ), as occasionally found here and there on pear and apple trees. No Maltese specimens have been seen during the present work.

References

Borg, J. (1932) Scale Insects of the Maltese Islands. Government Printing Office, Malta, 20 pp.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Diaspididae
Genus	Melanaspis

Specimens