Lucas, A.L., Powell, E.C., Deeter, L.A., & Pandey, M. 2024 Invasive Chinese tallow tree serves as a new host for four scale insect species. Florida Entomologist https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2023-0003

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Notes: Here, we document the first records of four scale insect species, Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccidae), Rhizoecus floridanus Hambleton (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae), and Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), feeding on a small population of cultivated Chinese tallow and discuss the implications of invasive species interactions.

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