Aspidiotus nerii is a species of armored scale insect with the common names oleander scale and ivy scale.
Aspidiotus nerii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
Family: | Diaspididae |
Tribe: | Aspidiotini |
Subtribe: | Aspidiotina |
Genus: | Aspidiotus |
Species: | A. nerii
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Binomial name | |
Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833
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The species are pests of citrus, sago palm, oleander, English ivy, and palm, among others. Three to four generations are born inside each year.[1]
References
edit- ^ Cranshaw, Whitney (2004). Garden Insects of North America. Princeton University Press. p. 352. ISBN 9780691095615.