Coccus hesperidum L., 1758

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 72

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.14008782

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3B-AE6C-FF02-FE16FDAB5C5D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Coccus hesperidum L.
status

 

Coccus hesperidum L. — brown soft scale

Cosmopolitan, widespread in the Lesser Antilles; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 130 families; a major pest of citrus and many other crops and ornamental plants. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1972a) and Malumphy (2012, on an unspecified plant).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Coccus

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