Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead, 1906

Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (465), pp. 1-24 : 4-5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4645809

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead
status

 

Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead View in CoL

Material studied. Colombia. Antioquia: Amagá: found on fruits sold at the “III Congreso Latinoamericano del Aguacate” held in Medellin, 12.xi.2009, coll. T. Kondo, ex avocado cv. ‘Hass’, 4 ( MECP).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).

Remarks. It is not a common species on avocado in Colombia. Aulacaspis tubercularis has been previously recorded on avocados (including Persea sp.) from Brazil and Mexico ( Evans et al. 2009; Miller and Davidson 2005). See also comments for Hemiberlesia cyanophylli .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Diaspididae

Genus

Aulacaspis

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