Russellaspis pustulans (Cockerell)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 71

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008774
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3A-AE6D-FF02-FBF1FB075ADB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Russellaspis pustulans (Cockerell)
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Russellaspis pustulans (Cockerell) — oleander pit scale

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 69 families; an occasional pest of crops and ornamental plants, especially oleander. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1984), Stumpf & Lambdin (2006), and Malumphy (2012).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Asterolecaniidae
Genus	Russellaspis

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