Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 73

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.14008798

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3C-AE6B-FF02-FE5EFCAF5C5D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell)
status

 

Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) View in CoL — pyriform scale

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, southern Europe, and parts of Asia; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 35 families, including many crop and ornamental plants. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Hodgson (1994) and Malumphy (2012).

Collection data: Gros-Islet Parish, Rodney Bay , sparse on Ixora , 22.viii.2013, abundant on Psidium guajava , 19.viii.2013, and abundant on Schefflera arboricola , 25.viii.2013 .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Protopulvinaria

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