Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BCC369B9-3FAD-41D3-B85C-43D738D0CBA3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008778 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3A-AE6D-FF02-F908FEF0598B |
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Felipe |
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Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock |
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Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock View in CoL — Florida wax scale
Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, isolated records from southern Europe; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 70 families; a major pest of citrus and many ornamental plants. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (2010) and Malumphy (2012, on Schefflera ( Araliaceae )).
Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay, Reduit beach, on Nerium oleander (Apocynaceae), 23.viii.2013 .
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