Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink, 1981

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 80

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.14008925

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A33-AE64-FF02-FB39FC6F5BFD

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink
status

 

* Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink View in CoL

Native to South America, introduced to North America, Caribbean, Hawaii and Europe; used in Australia for the biological control of invasive cacti; oligophagous, feeding on plants belonging to 4 families, most hosts belong to the Cactaceae ; of little economic importance.

Collection data: Gros-Islet Parish, Rodney Bay , abundant on Alternanthera bettzickiana , 24.viii.2013, ( Amaranthaceae ) and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ( Malvaceae ), 19.viii.2013 .

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