Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hemiptera > Diaspididae > Melanaspis > Melanaspis corticosa

Melanaspis corticosa (South African Obscure Scale)

Synonyms: Chrysomphalus corticosus; Melanaspis corticosus

Prey / Diet

Diospyros pallens[1]
Erythrina caffra[1]
Schinus molle (false pepper)[1]
Sclerocarya birrea caffra (sclerocarya)[1]

Predators

Ablerus plesius[1]
Adelencyrtus inglisiae[1]
Aphytis faurei[1]
Aphytis merceti[1]
Habrolepis obscura[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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