Pseudaulacaspis pentagona: White Peach Scale
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white peach scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni) (Targioni) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae) (Targioni), is believed to have originated in Japan or China, although one report places the point of origin in Italy where is was first described in 1886 by Targioni. This insect is an important economic pest of peach trees as well as woody ornamentals in the southeastern United States. In the early part of this century, white peach scale destroyed numerous peach orchards in Florida and completely decimated a grove of 10,000 peach trees in south Georgia.
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| Page title: | white peach scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni) |
| Keywords: | white peach scale Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Hemiptera Diaspididae |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |