The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae)
The Mexican lac scale is native to Mexico and Texas, but populations have been established in Florida. Adult female scales produce a high-domed ‘test’ or shell with four to six lobe-like projections that anchor the test to the plant surface. The test is hard and glossy with a reddish-orange tint aro...
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| description | The Mexican lac scale is native to Mexico and Texas, but populations have been established in Florida. Adult female scales produce a high-domed ‘test’ or shell with four to six lobe-like projections that anchor the test to the plant surface. The test is hard and glossy with a reddish-orange tint around the edges, and darker toward the center. In some specimens, white string-like wax fiber extrusions project from the dorsum of the test, but these may break off. This 3-page fact sheet was written by Ian Stocks, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, April 2013.
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| spelling | doaj-art-8bb36d1cefd94f27a214bf1a824c10802025-02-08T06:03:44ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092013-05-0120135The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae)Ian Stocks0University of FloridaThe Mexican lac scale is native to Mexico and Texas, but populations have been established in Florida. Adult female scales produce a high-domed ‘test’ or shell with four to six lobe-like projections that anchor the test to the plant surface. The test is hard and glossy with a reddish-orange tint around the edges, and darker toward the center. In some specimens, white string-like wax fiber extrusions project from the dorsum of the test, but these may break off. This 3-page fact sheet was written by Ian Stocks, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, April 2013. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in990 https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/120998 |
| spellingShingle | Ian Stocks The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) EDIS |
| title | The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) |
| title_full | The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) |
| title_fullStr | The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) |
| title_short | The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae) |
| title_sort | mexican lac scale tachardiella mexicana comstock hemiptera kerriidae |
| url | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/120998 |
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