A List of Scale Insect Agricultural Pests
There are 8436 described species of scale insects in 55 families (35 extant and 20 extinct). Scale insects are extremely diverse, they come in different colours, forms and sizes and they can be found on any part of the host plant, depending on the species.
Title of publication: Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests
Page range: 8-37
Author: Demian Takumasa Kondo-Rodríguez
Other authors: Gillian W Watson
Organization: Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (AGROSAVIA)
Year: 2022
ISBN: 978-1-80062-064-3
Country/ies: Colombia
Geographical coverage: Latin America and the Caribbean
Type: Article
Full text available at: https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1079/9781800620643.0002
Content language: Spanish