Hemiberlesia lataniae

Hemiberlesia lataniae
Hemiberlesia lataniae, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Family: Diaspididae
Genus: Hemiberlesia
Species:
H. lataniae
Binomial name
Hemiberlesia lataniae
(Signoret, 1869)

Hemiberlesia lataniae, the latania or palm scale,[1] is a species of armored scale insect in the family Diaspididae.[2] It was first described by the French entomologist Victor Antoine Signoret in 1869 using Latania lontaroides, a species of palm tree endemic to Réunion as its host; since then, it has been found on avocado trees growing in South Africa, Australia, Israel, the United States,[1] and on a range of other plants in many parts of the world.

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  2. ^ "Hemiberlesia lataniae species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20.