A new species of armored scale (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) found on avocado fruit from Mexico and a key to the species of armored scales found on avocado worldwide

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1991, 2009, Pages 57-68

  Evans, Gregory A ^a   Watson, Gillian W ^b   Miller, Douglass R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Persea americana; Pest; Quarantine; Regulatory; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COCCOIDEA; DIASPIDIDAE; HEMIBERLESIA; HEMIPTERA; PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 63849121145     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1991.1.5     Document Type: Article

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