Ceroplastes stellifer

TaxID: 1661404

Basic Information

Ceroplastes stellifer

Glossy Scale, Scale insect

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Coccidae

Ceroplastes

stellifer

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Ceroplastes stellifer
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(c) Michael Sthreshley@BY-NC
Ceroplastes stellifer
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(c) Nikolai Vladimirov@BY-NC
Ceroplastes stellifer
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(c) Richard Hasegawa@BY-NC
Ceroplastes stellifer
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(c) James Bailey@BY-NC
Ceroplastes stellifer
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(c) Kurt Miller@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Adult female with wax cover star-shaped, with 7 rays at maturity, resembling a starfish. Dorsal setae sharply spinose, sparsely present on dorsum except for clear areas. Marginal setae numbering 10–14 between anterior and posterior stigmatic clefts on each side. Venter with multilocular disc-pores abundant around vulvar area, less frequently present on anterior area of abdomen. Legs with tibia and tarsus fused. 14–20 setae between antennal bases; 7–11 pairs of setae between the antennae.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (39 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Agave sisalana Host
Allamanda Host
Anacardium occidentale Host
Areca catechu Host
Asplenium Host
Brassia Host
Cattleya Host
Cinnamomum camphora Host
Cocos nucifera Host
Dendrobium Host
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Quarantine Status (5 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Argentina Absent 2019
China Quarantine pest 2021
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pest 2018
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (52 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

50
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Angola Present —
Australia Present
Bahamas Present —
Bermuda Present —
Brazil Present
Barbados Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Colombia Present —
Cabo Verde Present —
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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