Abstract
Una especie de insecto de escama que es nueva en la Florida es potencialmente una de las plagas más devastadoras de arboles y arbustos en la historia del estado. La escama lobada de laca, Paratachardina lobata (Chamberlin)(Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae), un insecto de escama nativo de la India y Sri Lanka, se encontró por primera vez en la Florida en agosto de 1999 por personal del Departamento de Agricultura y Servicios para Consumidores, División de Industria de Plantas (DIP)(Hamon 2001).
This document is EENY-309, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: September 2003. Revised: April 2004, May 2004.
References
Hamon A. (14 June 2001). Lobate lac scale, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Chamberlin) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae). Pest Alert. http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/~pi/enpp/ento/paratachardina.html (30 October 2002).
Miller DR, Ben-Dov Y. (16 August 2002) ScaleNet http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet/scalenet.htm (30 October 2002).
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