Lichtensia viburni Signoret, 1873

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 : 504

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494978
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scientific name	Lichtensia viburni Signoret, 1873
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Borg (1932) said that Lichtensia viburni was present here and there on olive trees on both islands, more frequently in St. Julian’s, Sliema and San Anton Garden. Haber & Mifsud (2007) recorded it as widely distributed in the Maltese Islands.

Material examined: MALTA, Qawra , 16.ii.2012, 4 ♀♀ on Olea europaea, CM .

References

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

Haber, G. & Mifsud, D. (2007) Pests and diseases associated with olive trees in the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 4 (3), 143 - 161.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Coccidae
Genus	Lichtensia

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