Lepidosaphes newsteadi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Diaspididae |
Genus: | Lepidosaphes |
Species: | L. newsteadi
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Binomial name | |
Lepidosaphes newsteadi (Šulc, 1895)
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Synonyms | |
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Lepidosaphes newsteadi is a scale insect species in the family Diaspididae that was first described in 1895.[1]
Range
[edit]Lepidosaphes newsteadi is widespread in central and western Europe, Lebanon, and Turkey.[2]
It was introduced accidentally into North America and Bermuda.[2]
Bermuda cedar
[edit]After being introduced to Bermuda during World War II, it nearly caused the extinction of the native Bermuda cedar.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "Biological Control of Bermuda Cedar Scales < carulaspis & lepidosaphes". www.faculty.ucr.edu.