Howardia biclavis (Comstock)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BCC369B9-3FAD-41D3-B85C-43D738D0CBA3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008854 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3E-AE69-FF02-FA22FB3758DD |
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Felipe |
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Howardia biclavis (Comstock) |
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* Howardia biclavis (Comstock) View in CoL — burrowing scale
Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 78 families; an economic pest of many woody ornamentals. This species is highly cryptic, often feeding beneath the host’s epidermis.
Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish : Rodney Bay, Mount Pimard, abundant on bark of? Acacia , 25.viii.2013 , and Ixora , 27.vii.2013. Intercepted in the UK (London) on A. muricata , 25.v.2014, leg. J. Pollock.
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