Phalacrococcus howertoni, a New Genus and Species of Soft Scale (Hemiptera: Coccidae) from Florida

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Rapid diagnosis of the invasive wax scale, Ceroplastes rusci Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) using nested PCR

“…Miller and Miller () reported that only one of 42 soft‐scale species introduced in the USA was not damaging. Of 255 invasive arthropod species introduced into Florida over the last 20 years, only C. rusci has been established in Florida (Hodges and Hodgson ), indicating that C. rusci has strong adaptability and is capable of causing serious economic damage to non‐infested areas. As a destructive invasive pest in China, C. rusci was first reported on Ficus microcarpa in Maoming city of Guangdong Province and on F. viren in Panzhihua city of Sichuan Province in 2012 (Li and Wu ).…”

Life History of an Exotic Soft Scale InsectPhalacrococcus howertoni(Hemiptera: Coccidae) Found in Florida

“…According to Hodges & Hodgson (2010), this new genus and species of P. howertoni show similarities with members of the Eulecaniinae, Paralecaniini, and Coccini but differ significantly from all these taxa with uncertain (unknown) taxonomic relationships. At the time this species was first found in Florida, there was a speculation that this soft scale may be a Philephedra sp.…”

“…A new exotic soft scale insect species, P. howertoni Hodges and Hodgson (Hemiptera: Coccidae), was first detected in the United States in Apr 2008 in Marathon (Monroe County), Florida on croton (Codiaeum variegatum (L.) 'Blume') (Hodges 2008 (Hodges 2008;Hodges & Hodgson 2010). P. howertoni is a new species in a new genus of an unknown origin (Hodges & Hodgson 2010).…”

Phalacrococcus howertoni Hodges & Hodgson (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae), nuevo registro de una escama blanda para la isla de Guadeloupe

“…The croton scale, Phalacrococcus howertoni Hodges & Hodgson (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) is a highly polyphagous soft scale species, hitherto reported on 72 host plants in 34 botanical families (Amarasekare & Mannion, 2011;Ben-Dov et al, 2014;Hodges & Hodgson, 2010;Williams, 2010). This species was described in 2010 based on specimens collected on ornamental croton in the State of Florida, USA (Hodges & Hodgson, 2010) and soon after it was recorded in Guatemala (Williams, 2010) and Barbados (Anonymous, 2011). The adult female of P. howertoni (Fig.…”