World Species : Lepidosaphes beckii (citrus mussel scale; comma scale; common mussel scale; cymbidium scale; Machilus oystershell; mussel scale; orange mussel scale; orange scale; purple scale)

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Lepidosaphes beckii (citrus mussel scale; comma scale; common mussel scale; cymbidium scale; Machilus oystershell; mussel scale; orange mussel scale; orange scale; purple scale)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Lepidosaphes beckii also known as purple scale, mussel scale, citrus mussel scale, orange scale, comma scale and mussel purple scale is a scale insect that is a pest of Citrus trees. The small insects attach themselves to leaves, fruits and small branches and cause injury by sucking the tree's sap. The specific name beckii is in honour of historian Richard Beck.

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♦ ¹Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ ²Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants

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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