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Abgrallaspis cyanophylli

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Abgrallaspis cyanophylli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Genus: Abgrallaspis
Species:
A. cyanophylli
Binomial name
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli
(Signoret, 1869)

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli, the cyanophyllum scale, 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

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  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. p. 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. Retrieved June 27, 2009.