Angraecum Scale, Conchaspis Angraeci Cockerell

Tagged as: Coccoidea, Conchaspididae, Homoptera

(Homoptera: Coccoidea: Conchaspididae)

Issue No. 201
Avas B. Hamon
April, 1979

Angraecum Scale, Conchaspis Angraeci Cockerell

Introduction

Conchaspis angraeci Cockerell was described on Angraecum eburneum var. virens from Jamaica (Cockerell 1893). This is the only species of Conchaspis which occurs in North America. Apparently, no life history studies have been carried out on any species in the family Conchaspididae.

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