Hemiberlesia lataniae

TaxID: 337508

Basic Information

Hemiberlesia lataniae

Latania Scale, latania scale

Hemiberlesia lataniae, the latania or palm scale, is a species of armored scale insect in the family Diaspididae. It was first described by the French entomologist Victor Antoine Signoret in 1869 using Latania lontaroides, a species of palm tree endemic to R union as its host; since then, it has been found on avocado trees growing in South Africa, Australia, Israel, the United States, and on a range of other plants in many parts of the world.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Diaspididae

Hemiberlesia

lataniae

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Hemiberlesia lataniae
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(c) Phoebe Shubin@BY-NC
Hemiberlesia lataniae
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(c) Phoebe Shubin@BY-NC
Hemiberlesia lataniae
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(c) Phoebe Shubin@BY-NC
Hemiberlesia lataniae
c
(c) Phoebe Shubin@BY-NC
Hemiberlesia lataniae
c
(c) Phoebe Shubin@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (7 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Nicaragua Absent —
Nepal Quarantine pests —
Paraguay Quarantine pests —
Uruguay Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present —
Chile Present —
Germany Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
United Kingdom Present —
Jamaica Present —
New Caledonia Present —
New Zealand Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature