Fiorinia fioriniae

TaxID: 2038841

Basic Information

Fiorinia fioriniae

Avocado Scale

Fiorinia fioriniae is a highly polyphagous scale insect and widely distributed around the world, being found in Asia, Australia/Pacific, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Its vernacular names include fiorinia scale, palm fiorinia scale, and avocado scale. It can cause significant damage to palms, avocado as well as other fruit and ornamental trees. It has been cited as one of two species of Fiorinia in a list of 43 "principle armoured scale pests of the world".

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Diaspididae

Fiorinia

fioriniae

unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

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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 (3 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Paraguay Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (8 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Australia Present —
Spain Present —
France Present —
Israel Present —
Sri Lanka 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.

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