Ceroplastes dugesii

Ceroplastes • Coccidae • Sternorrhyncha • Hemiptera • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Ceroplastes dugesii on Bursera simaruba (click on image to enlarge it)
Source: United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service - IPM Images

Ceroplastes dugesii Lichtenstein

This species is a polyphagous wax scale in the Americas.

Publications covering Ceroplastes dugesii

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (2005) 107, 123-158
Douglass R. Miller, Gary L. Miller, Greg S. Hodges and John A. Davidson (2005)
Introduced scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the United States and their impact on U.S. Agriculture

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (2003) 105, 832-846
G.L. Miller and D.R. Miller (2003)
Invasive soft scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae) and their threat to U. S. agriculture