Stocks, I.C. 2016a Armored scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) pests on Abies fraseri (Pinaceae) Christmas trees imported into Florida. Florida Entomologist 99(4): 785-787

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    • Notes: Fiorinia externa Ferris (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), the elongate hemlock scale, is a recent but persistently intercepted pest of Fraser fir and related species grown out-of-state and imported annually into Florida as cut Christmas trees. Although this and a second species, Hemiberlesia ithacae (Ferris) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), the hemlock scale, may not become established in Florida on native or cultivated hosts, the risk remains.

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