Clavicoccus erinaceus
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| Superfamily: | Coccoidea
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| Species: | C. erinaceus
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| Clavicoccus erinaceus Ferris, 1948
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Clavicoccus erinaceus is an extinct species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae. It was endemic to Oahu, 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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- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Hemiptera of North America
- Endemic fauna of Hawaii
- Insects described in 1948
- Extinct insects since 1500
- Extinct Hawaiian animals
- Pseudococcidae
- Coccoidea stubs