Parlatoria (genus)
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Parlatoria camelliae (click on image to enlarge it)
Source: United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service - IPM Images
Source: United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service - IPM Images
Parlatoria Targioni Tozzetti, 1868
This genus of scale insects is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. It contains around 70 species. Several species are regarded as pests of crops like Parlatoria oleae, a pest of olives and other trees, or Parlatoria pergandii, a polyphagous species. The genus is characterized by a number of morphological features. For example, the pygidium is fringed with well developed appendages.
Type species: Parlatoria orbicularis (= Parlatoria proteus)
Currently, the following species have been entered into the system:
