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Latania scale

Hemiberlesia lataniae

Classification

Class
Insecta

Hemiberlesia lataniae, the latania or palm scale, is a species of armored scale insect in the family Diaspididae. It was first described by the French entomologist Victor Antoine Signoret in 1869 using Latania lontaroides, a species of palm tree endemic to Réunion as its host; since then, it has been found on avocado trees growing in South Africa, Australia, Israel, the United States, and on a range of other plants in many parts of the world. Description Scale insects have a domed, waxy covering which protects the soft-bodied insect below.

Distribution

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Germany · 1