Ceroplastes cirripediformis (barnacle scale)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock

Preferred Common Name

• barnacle scale

International Common Names

• English: barnacle, scale; wax scale
• Spanish: cochinilla cerosa
• French: cochenille cireuse

EPPO code

• CERPCI (Ceroplastes cirripediformis)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Hemiptera
•                         Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
•                             Superfamily: Coccoidea
•                                 Family: Coccidae
•                                     Genus: Ceroplastes
•                                         Species: Ceroplastes cirripediformis

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

References

Schotman CYL, 1989. Plant pests of quarantine importance to the Caribbean. RLAC-PROVEG, No. 21:80 pp.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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