Abgrallaspis cyanophylli

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
Family: Diaspididae
Genus: Abgrallaspis
Species: A. cyanophylli
Binomial name
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli

The Cyanophyllum Scale, Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (Signoret), is one of nine species of the Abgrallaspis genus of armored scale insects.[1] It is a pest throughout the Tropical South Pacific, attacking fruits and ornamental plants.[2]

References

  1. ^ Arnett, Jr., Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. (2nd Ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. pp. 324. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9. 
  2. ^ Kessing, Jayma L. Martin; Ronald F.L. Mau (April 2007). "Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (Signoret): An armored scale". Crop Knowledge Master. EXTension ENTOmology & UH-CTAHR Integrated Pest Management Program. http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/Crop/Type/a_cyanop.htm. Retrieved June 27, 2009.