Biology:Clavicoccus erinaceus

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Short description: Extinct species of true bug


Clavicoccus erinaceus
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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

  1. 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4961/11102700. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. Beardsley, John W. Jr. (1971). "New genera and species of Hawaiian Pseudococcidae (Homoptera)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21 (1): 41–58. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1618031 entry