Deeter, L.A., Miller, D.R., Powell, E.C., & Moore, M.R. 2025 A new species of grass-infesting felt scale (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Eriococcidae), with descriptions of all life stages and a key to the adult female Acanthococcus Signoret of Florida, U.S.A.. Zootaxa 5717 (2): 207–234

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Notes: All life stages of a new species of felt scale insect, Acanthococcus orzo Deeter, Miller & Powell, sp. nov., on Muhlenbergia capillaris (Poales: Poaceae) in Florida, USA, are described and illustrated, with notes on ecological associations. A diagnostic key to the adult females of Acanthococcus Signoret species of Florida is provided. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.2.3

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