Comstockaspis perniciosa

TaxID: 2038917

Basic Information

Comstockaspis perniciosa

San José Scale, sanjoséskjoldlus

The San Jose scale or China scale (Comstockaspis perniciosa) is a hemipterous insect in the family Diaspididae. It is an agricultural pest as it causes damage and crop losses to many fruit crops. In 1914, this species became the first documented case of insecticide resistance.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Diaspididae

Comstockaspis

perniciosa

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Comstockaspis perniciosa
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(c) Sepp Schmid@BY-NC
Comstockaspis perniciosa
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(c) Sepp Schmid@BY-NC
Comstockaspis perniciosa
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(c) Zihao Wang@BY
Comstockaspis perniciosa
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(c) Zihao Wang@BY
Comstockaspis perniciosa
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(c) Sepp Schmid@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (178 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (44 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Austria RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Azerbaijan A2 list 2024
Belgium RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Bulgaria RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Bahrain A1 list 2003
Belarus Quarantine pest 1994
Switzerland Regulated non-quarantine pest 2019
Cyprus RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Czechia RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
Germany RNQP ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex IV) 2019
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Distribution (87 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

69
Present
18
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Angola Present —
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Absent
Australia Present
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan 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