Biology:Crypticerya genistae
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Short description: Species of insect
| Crypticerya genistae | |
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| Adult female in Florida in 2024 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Monophlebidae |
| Genus: | Crypticerya |
| Species: | C. genistae
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| Binomial name | |
| Crypticerya genistae Hempel, 1912
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| Synonyms | |
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Icerya genistae Hempel 1912 | |
Crypticerya genistae is a species of giant scale insect in the tribe Iceryini.[1] Adult females somewhat resemble the widespread Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale), having a light orange body, black legs and a white fluted ovisac.[2] However the ovisac is much larger, measuring 0.66–0.75 inches (17–19 mm), and is held either erect of parallel to the host plant.[2] They are very similar in appearance to Icerya rileyi and Icerya littoralis.[3]
Native to South America (including Brazil), C. genistae was accidentally introduced to Florida by 2005[3] and to the Cayman Islands by 2006.[4]
References
- ↑ Unruh, Corinne M. (30 April 2008). "A taxonomic review of the Crypticerya species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) of the southwestern United States and Mexico, including description of a new species from Baja California" (in en). Zootaxa 1759 (1): 1–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1759.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1759.1.1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hodges, Greg (9 November 2006). "Crypticerya genistae (Hemiptera: Margarodidae) A new exotic scale insect for Florida". https://ccmedia.fdacs.gov/content/download/68149/file/Pest%20Alert%20-%20Crypticerya%20genistae%20Hempel.pdf.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hodges, G. S.; Hodges, A. C.; Unruh, C. M. (June 2008). "A New Exotic Pest for Florida's Natural Areas: Crypticerya genistae (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae)". Florida Entomologist 91 (2): 335–337. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2008)91[335:ANEPFF2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ "Did You Know? Genista giant-scale – Department of Agriculture". Cayman Islands Government. 5 January 2023. https://doa.gov.ky/did-you-know-genista-giant-scale/.
Wikidata ☰ Q97031966 entry
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