Howardia biclavis (Comstock)

Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (465), pp. 1-24 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4645809
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D87176BB-292D-4A7C-B106-EEC015A66561
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4645918
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3414244A-6D08-ED07-FF13-CA67159FF900
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Howardia biclavis (Comstock)
status

Treatment

Howardia biclavis (Comstock) View in CoL

Material studied. Colombia: Valle del Cauca: Caicedonia: Finca El Palmar , 04°17 ′ 56.0 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 00.0 ″ W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 1 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Same data except, 31.x.2008, 2 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) .

Distribution. This species occurs in tropical areas around the world ( Miller and Davidson 2005).

Remarks. In the present study, H. biclavis was found on twigs of the ‘Lorena’ cultivar. The mining scale, H. biclavis is highly polyphagous and has been recorded on 41 plant families ( Borchsenius 1966).