Ahmed, Z., Miller, D.R., & Hodges, G.S. 2020 Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell) (Diaspididae: Hemiptera), a bamboo thread scale: a potential pest of Florida bamboo. Pest Alert (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry) FDACS-P-02156
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Notes: The first continental record of Kuwanaspis bambusicola (Cockerell), a bamboo thread scale, was collected on April 18, 2005, by Holly Glenn (retired UF staff), identified by Greg Hodges (FDACS-DPI) and confirmed by Douglass Miller (retired USDA Taxonomist) on Bambusa sp. from Miami-Dade County, Florida. There are at least five records after its first detection in Florida (E2005-2670, E2006-1657, E2010-1439, E2012-6470, E2012-6307) from four counties: Alachua, Collier, Hillsborough and Osceola. The most recent record was from a nursery in Pinellas County (E2020-1982). All of these records were recorded from Bambusa species. This is the first published report of its occurrence in North America (Florida, US).
