Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008899
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scientific name	Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan)
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Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan) View in CoL — rufous scale

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 50 families; a pest of citrus and other crops. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1981b) and Malumphy (2012, on Citrus aurantifolia fruit).

Collection data. Intercepted in the UK (London) on Annona muricata , 12.xi.2012 and 23.ix.2013, leg. R. Waghorn (in association with Eupalopsellidae predatory mites) .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Diaspididae
Genus	Selenaspidus

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