Castro, M.T., Montalvão, S.C.L., & Wolff, V.R.S. 2025 Salacia crassifolia (Celastraceae) as a host of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae): two new reports and expansion of occurrence in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 85: e292233

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Notes: This work aimed to report two new occurrences of armored scale insects on S. crassifolia, expand the record of the phytophagous entomofauna associated with this species in Brazil, and provide an identification key to the species of the genus Vinculaspis that occur in Brazil, based on the adult female. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.292233

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