Armoured scale

Fiorinia proboscidaria

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Diaspididae

Aspidiotus destructor, the coconut scale, is a species of armoured scale insect in the family Diaspididae, found in many tropical and subtropical parts of the world. It is a serious pest of coconut and banana, and attacks a range of other fruiting trees and ornamental plants. Description All but the first instar nymphs live under the protection of a waxy test or scale and remain in one place.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAspidiotus destructor, Wikipedia contributors

Armoured scale

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