Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell)
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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.14008852 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3E-AE69-FF02-FB3EFAE75BFD |
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Felipe |
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Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell) |
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* Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell) View in CoL — tropical palm scale
Occurs widely in tropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 56 families; it is a pest of many tropical crops including banana, cassava, coconut palm, oil palm, and cocoa.
Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay , abundant on Cocos nucifera , 16–24.viii.2013 , and Musa spp. , 20.viii.2013 . Intercepted in the UK (Herefordshire, nursery), on Dypsis lutescens , 15.ix.1993, leg. Hardy.
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Coccoidea |
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