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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Armored Scale Insects (Diaspididae) » Aulacaspis » Cycad Aulacaspis Scale (Aulacaspis yasumatsui)

Species Aulacaspis yasumatsui - Cycad Aulacaspis Scale

Classification · Other Common Names · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)
Superfamily Coccoidea (Scales and Mealybugs)
Family Diaspididae (Armored Scale Insects)
Genus Aulacaspis
Species yasumatsui (Cycad Aulacaspis Scale)
Other Common Names
Cycad Scale, Sago Palm Scale
Food
Plants of the family Cycadaceae. It infests the roots as well as parts above ground.
Life Cycle
Eggs hatch in eight to 12 days at 25°C. Average time from egg hatch to adult 28 days. Females go through three instars. Females can lay more than 100 eggs. Most females do no live longer than 75 days.
Remarks
Introduced from Asia. First found in the US in the Miami area in 1996, has gradually moved northwards and is extremely damaging to sago palms, causing necrosis of individual fronds and eventual plant death.
See Also
Magnolia White Scale
Internet References
Fact sheet
Update on Management Methods
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 28 October, 2008 - 3:29pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 24 January, 2011 - 12:13pm

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