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Species Crypticerya genistae

White Partridge Pea bug - Crypticerya genistae Crypticerya genistae InsectScaleTBID08082014 - Crypticerya genistae InsectScaleTBID08082014 - Crypticerya genistae Crypticerya genistae - female Crypticerya genistae Crypticerya genistae
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 Monophlebidae (Giant Scale Insects)
Genus Crypticerya
Species genistae (Crypticerya genistae)
Food
Feeds on plants of several families.
Remarks
Introduced from Brazil. 2005 or earlier.
Internet References
Florida Department of Agriculture
A new exotic pest
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 November, 2008 - 3:10am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 20 August, 2014 - 8:58pm

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