Asterolecanium

Asterolecanium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Asterolecaniidae
Genus: Asterolecanium
Targioni-tozzetti, 1868
Species[1]

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Asterolecanium is a genus of pit scale insects.[2] Asterolecanium is distributed worldwide: species have been found in each of the six biogeographic realms, and nearly all of their respective subregions.[3]

Many species of Asterolecanium are destructive to crops and other plants of economic importance such as bamboo and oak, and are therefore considered pests.[4] Asterolecanium species have been found on at least 37 plant families, most prominently Gramineae (grasses), Palmae (palm trees), and Fagaceae (beech trees).[3] Some species prefer a single host, while others feed on multiple host species. Some feed only on a single part of a plant, such as leaves or stems, while others infest the whole plant. Some create pits in their hosts, depending on the susceptibility of the host plant to damage.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Asterolecanium Targioni-tozzetti, 1868 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2089594 on 2018-07-10.
  2. ^ Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;Government of. "Record Details - Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)". Retrieved 2017-03-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b c Russell, Louise May (1941). A classification of the scale insect genus Asterolecanium. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p. 4.
  4. ^ Russell 1941, p. 3.
  5. ^ Newstead, R. (1911). "On a collection of Coccidae and Aleurodidae, chiefly African, in the collection of the Berlin Zoological Museum". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 5 (2): 155–174. doi:10.1002/mmnz.4830050201.