''Aspidiotus'' is a genus of armoured
scale insect
Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient grouping than the ...
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It includes several agricultural and horticultural pests.
''A. destructor'' was originally blamed for a massive die-off of coconut trees in the Philippines which began about 2009. It has been involved previously in die-offs in Indonesia. In July 2014, following a detailed morphological review, scientists announced that instead ''A. rigidus'', was to blame. ''A. rigidus'' has few natural predators in the Philippines which leads to the surging infestation.
Species
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Aspidiotus anningensis''
Tang & Chu, 1983
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Aspidiotus artus''
Munting, 1971
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Aspidiotus atomarius''
(Hall, 1946)
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Aspidiotus atripileus''
Munting, 1971
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Aspidiotus beilschmiediae''
Takagi, 1969
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Aspidiotus brachystegiae''
Hall, 1928
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Aspidiotus capensis''
Newstead, 1917
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Aspidiotus cerasi''
Fitch, 1857
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Aspidiotus chamaeropsis''
Signoret, 1869
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Aspidiotus chinensis''
Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931
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Aspidiotus cryptomeriae''
Kuwana, 1902 -
Sugi
''Cryptomeria'' (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae, formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae. It includes only one species, ''Cryptomeria japonica'' ( syn. ''Cupressus japonica'' L ...
scale
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Aspidiotus destructor
''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 ...
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Cockerell in Fernald, 1903 - coconut scale
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Aspidiotus hedericola''
Leonardi, 1920
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Aspidiotus nerii''
Bouché, 1833 - oleander scale, worldwide distribution, originated in Europe
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Aspidiotus rigidus''
Reyne, 1947
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Aspidiotus taiyuanensis''
(Feng, 2011)
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Aspidiotus zizyphi''
Hall, 1929
Former species
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Aspidiotus abieticola Koroneos, 1934 synonym for ''
Dynaspidiotus abieticola (Koroneos, 1934)
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Aspidiotus hederae''
Leonardi, 1898 synonym for ''
Aspidiotus nerii''
Bouché, 1833
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Aspidiotus ostreaeformis''
Curtis, 1843 synonym for ''
Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis''
(Curtis, 1843)
References
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Aspidiotina
Sternorrhyncha genera
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