Icerya purchasi Maskell

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 79

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.14008905
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A32-AE65-FF02-FD15FC375D05
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Icerya purchasi Maskell
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Icerya purchasi Maskell View in CoL — cottony cushion scale

Cosmopolitan; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 69 families; a major pest of many ornamental plants. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1971) and Malumphy (2012).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Margarodidae
Genus	Icerya

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