Pulvinaria (insect)

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Pulvinaria
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P. vitis
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Damage to maple by P. innumerabilis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Coccidae
Genus: Pulvinaria
Targioni Tozzetti, 1866
Synonyms [1]

ChloropulvinariaBorchsenius, 1952

Pulvinaria is a scale insect genus in the family Coccidae. [2] The type species is Pulvinaria vitis (as Coccus vitisLinnaeus). [3]

Species

Pulvinaria floccifera Pulvinaria floccifera 24687238.jpg
Pulvinaria floccifera
P. innumerabilis waxy egg sacs Pulvinaria innumerabilis 01.jpg
P. innumerabilis waxy egg sacs

References

  1. ↑ Dov, Yair Ben (1993). A Systematic Catalogue of the Soft Scale Insects of the World (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae): With Data on Geographical Distribution, Host Plants, Biology, and Economics Importance. Flora & Fauna Handbook, number 9. Gainesville, Florida: Sandhill Crane Press. p. 63. ISBN   978-1-877743-13-9.
  2. ↑ Granara de Willink; María Cristina (1999). Las cochinillas blandas de la República Argentina (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) (The soft scales of the Republic of Argentina). (International Contributions on Entomology, v. 3, no. 1) (in Spanish). Gainesville, Florida: Associated Publishers. pp. 143–155.
  3. ↑ Данциг, Евлина Марковна (Danzig, Evlina Markovna) (1980). Кокциды Дальнего Востока СССР (Homoptera, Coccinea) С анализом филогении кокцид мировой фауны (Scale insects of the Far-Eastern USSR with phylogenetic analysis of scale insects of the world fauna) (djvu). (Определители по фауне СССР, 124) (in Russian). Leningrad: Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. ISBN   978-5-458-52002-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Danzig, Evlina Markovna (1986). Coccids of the Far-Eastern USSR (Homoptera, Coccinea). Phylogenetic analysis of coccids in the world fauna. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Company. OCLC   16157839.


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