Clavicoccus erinaceus
Extinct species of true bug
| Clavicoccus erinaceus | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: | Coccoidea |
| Family: | Pseudococcidae |
| Genus: | Clavicoccus |
| Species: | C. erinaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Clavicoccus erinaceus Ferris, 1948 | |
Clavicoccus erinaceus is an extinct species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae. It was endemic to Oʻahu, where it lived on its host plant, the now critically endangered greenflower Indian mallow, Abutilon sandwicense.[2]
References
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Clavicoccus erinaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4961A11102700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4961A11102700.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Beardsley, John W. Jr. (1971). "New genera and species of Hawaiian Pseudococcidae (Homoptera)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 21 (1): 41–58. hdl:10125/10988.
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