Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 74

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.14008838
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3D-AE6A-FF02-F8C2FD2659A8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner)
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Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner) View in CoL — pineapple scale

Cosmopolitan, widespread in the Lesser Antilles, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 12 families; pest of pineapple and other bromeliads. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Watson (2002) and Malumphy (2012).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
SuperFamily	Coccoidea
Family	Diaspididae
Genus	Diaspis

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