Diaspis coccois

TaxID: 340547

Basic Information

Diaspis coccois

Armored scale, Cocos Scale

nan

from Wikipedia

Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Diaspididae

Diaspis

coccois

unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

Adult female scale cover circular to slightly oval, flat to slightly convex, rigid, 1.2–1.5 mm in diameter, white with yellow to brown subcentral exuviae. Body of live adult female subcircular or slightly oval with an acute pygidium, yellowish white, about 0.75 mm long and 0.68 mm wide. Slide-mounted adult female body 0.84–1.37 mm long and 0.64–1.07 mm wide. Pygidium with well-developed and prominent median lobes; lacks perivulvar pores. Antenna usually with 2 or more setae.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Scholarly article
Citation:

Carlos Lázaro-Castellanos, Héctor González-Hernández, Jesús Romero–Nápoles, Laura Delia Ortega-Arenas. 2023. Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) associated with avocados (Persea americana) in México’s main production areas, with keys for identification and natural enemies

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Peru Absent —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

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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