Philephedra tuberculosa Nakahara & Gill, 1985

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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008796
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scientific name	Philephedra tuberculosa Nakahara & Gill
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A Neotropical species that has been spreading rapidly in the Caribbean region in recent years; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 26 families, including many crop and ornamental plants. A major pest of croton and other ornamentals.

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay , abundant female scales with oviscas on Codiaeum variagatum (Euphorbiaceae), and unidentified herbaceous ornamental plants, 25.viii.2013 .

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Coccidae
Genus	Philephedra

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