Pulvinaria psidii (guava scale; green shield scale; guava mealy scale), is a species of soft scale insect in the family Coccidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Coccidae |
| Genus: | Pulvinaria |
| Species: | P. psidii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pulvinaria psidii Maskell, 1893
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| Synonyms | |
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Chloropulvinaria Maskell, 1893 | |
References
edit- ^ "Pulvinaria psidii species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- McGavin, George C. (1993). Bugs of the World. Facts on File. ISBN 0-8160-2737-4.
- Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
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