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Ceroplastes destructor (soft wax scale; Indian wax scale)

Synonyms: Ceroplastes postperlucidus; Gascardia destructor; Gascardia postperlucidus (heterotypic)

Prey / Diet

Predators

Aloencyrtus umbrinus[1]
Coccophagus adustus[1]
Halmus chalybeus (steelblue lady beetle)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0