Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni Tozzetti)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 75

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008842
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8789-6A3E-AE69-FF02-FE59FAAC5C00
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni Tozzetti)
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* Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni Tozzetti) View in CoL — palm fiorinia scale

An Eastern Asian species that has spread widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas, Africa, Australia and the Pacific, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 23 families, but with a preference for Arecaceae ; a serious pest of many palms.

Collection data. Intercepted in the UK (Herefordshire, nursery) on Dypsis lutescens , 9.ix.1993, leg. Hardy.

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Taxonomy

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

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