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Bambusaspis bambusae

  • 1. Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
  • 2. Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy.
  • 3. Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U. S. A.

Description

Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval, 1869)

The species is probably of Oriental origin and represents an established introduction.

Material examined: MALTA, Attard, San Anton Gardens, 19.v.2012, 10 ♀♀ on Bambusa sp., DM, GM & AR.

Notes

Published as part of Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, pp. 499-525 in Zootaxa 3866 (4) on page 502, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4930613

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DM, GM, AR
Event date
2012-05-19
Verbatim event date
2012-05-19
Scientific name authorship
Boisduval
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Asterolecaniidae
Genus
Bambusaspis
Species
bambusae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Bambusaspis bambusae (Boisduval, 1869) sec. Mifsud, Mazzeo, Russo & Watson, 2014