Aonidiella Explained

Aonidiella is a genus of scale insects in the family Diaspididae, the armored scale insects. Several species are pests of citrus.^[1]

Species include:^[2]

• Aonidiella abietina
• Aonidiella araucariae
• Aonidiella atlantorum
• Aonidiella aurantii  - California red scale
• Aonidiella bruni
• Aonidiella citrina  - yellow scale
• Aonidiella comperei
• Aonidiella crenata
• Aonidiella ensifera
• Aonidiella eremocitri
• Aonidiella eugeniae
• Aonidiella godfreyi
• Aonidiella gracilis
• Aonidiella inornata  - inornate scale
• Aonidiella lauretorum
• Aonidiella longicorna
• Aonidiella marginipora
• Aonidiella messengeri
• Aonidiella orientalis  - Oriental yellow scale
• Aonidiella pini
• Aonidiella pothi
• Aonidiella replicata
• Aonidiella rex
• Aonidiella schoutedeni
• Aonidiella simplex
• Aonidiella sotetsu
• Aonidiella taorensis
• Aonidiella taxus
• Aonidiella tectaria
• Aonidiella tinerfensis
• Aonidiella tsugae
• Aonidiella yehudithae^[1]

External links

• California Red Scale and Yellow Scale. Pest Management Guidelines. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. Updated August, 2015.

Notes and References

1. Ben-Dov, Y. (2006). Taxonomy of Aonidiella yehudithae sp. nov. and Lindingaspis misrae (Laing) comb. nov. with a key to species of Aonidiella Berlese & Leonardi (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). Zootaxa 1190, 51-57.
2. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/a7372e5bc174ca8aa34a3edca5e2570a Aonidiella.