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Phenacoccus parvus Morrison

Description

Phenacoccus parvus Morrison

This species was originally described from the Galapagos Is. (Morrison, 1924) but is now known to be widespread in the Neotropics on a variety of plants (Williams & Granara de Willink, 1988b). It has previously been recorded from New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Western Samoa in the tropical South Pacific. In Fiji, it was collected on Viti Levu, Suva, Thurston Gardens, 11.vii.2009, on an unknown plant. It is a polyphagous species which might become economically significant.

Notes

Published as part of Hodgson, Chris J. & Łagowska, Bozena, 2011, New scale insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) records from Fiji: three new species, records of several new invasive species and an updated checklist of Coccoidea, pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 2766 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205749

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Morrison
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Pseudococcidae
Genus
Phenacoccus
Species
parvus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Morrison, H. (1924) The Coccidae of the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica, 5, 143 - 152.