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Species Aspidiotus destructor - Coconut Scale


The armored scale insects of Texas (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Part I
By Burrus McDaniel
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 201-242, 1968
Tribe Aspioiotinia
Keys/descriptions of Texas species of genera:
Acutaspis
Aonidia
Aonidiella
Aspidaspis
Aspidiella
Aspidiotus
Chortinaspis
Chrysomphalus
Clavaspis

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The armored scale insects of Texas (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Part II
By Burruss McDaniel
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 89-113, 1969
Tribe Aspioiotinia
Keys/descriptions of Texas species of genera:
Comstockiella
Diaspidiotus
Abgrallaspis
Hemiberlesia

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The armored scale insects of Texas (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Part III
By Burruss McDaniel
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 411-440, 1970
Tribe Aspioiotinia
Keys/descriptions of Texas species of genera:
Melanaspis
Morganella
Nuculaspis
Pseudaonidia
Quadraspidiotus
Rhizaspidiotus
Targionia

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The armored scale insects of Texas (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Part IV
By Burruss McDaniel
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 275-308 , 1971
Tribe Diaspidini
Keys/descriptions of Texas species of genera:
Aonidomytilus
Aulacaspis
Carulaspis
Chionaspis
Dactylaspis
Diaspis
Duplachionaspis

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The armored scale insects of Texas (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Part V
By Burruss McDaniel
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 16, No. 3/4, pp. 321-340 , 1972
Tribe Diaspidini
Keys/descriptions of Texas species of genera:
Fiorinia
Fissuraspis
Lepidosaphes
Lineaspis
Niveaspis
Parlatoria
Pelliculaspis
Phenacaspis

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The armored scale insects of Texas (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Part VI
By Burruss McDaniel
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 389-404 , 1973
he armored scale insects of Texas (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Part VI

Burruss McDaniel

The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 389-404

1973

Tribe Diaspidini
Keys/descriptions of Texas species of genera:
Pinnaspis
Protodiaspis
Pseudaulacaspis
Pseudodiaspis
Pseudoparlatoria
Quernaspis
Situlaspis
Unaspis
Velataspis
Xerophilaspis

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The armored scale insects of Texas (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), Part VII
By Burruss McDaniel
The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 417-442, 1974
Tribe Odonaspioinio
Keys/descriptions of Texas species of genera:
Annulaspis
Circulaspis
Odonaspis

Subfamily Phoenicoccinae
Keys/descriptions of Texas species of genera:
Ancepaspis
Phoenicococcidae

Keys to subfamilies, tribes and genera of Texas Diaspididae

Host list of Texas Diaspididae

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Armored scale insect pests of trees and shrubs (Hemiptera : Diaspididae)
By Miller D.R., Davidson J.A.
Cornell University Press, 442 pp., 2005