Arthropods • Earth.com

Lepidosaphes beckii

(Lepidosaphes beckii)

Description

Lepidosaphes beckii also known as purple scale, mussel scale, citrus mussel scale, orange scale, comma scale and mussel purple scale is a scale insect that is a pest of Citrus trees. The small insects attach themselves to leaves, fruits and small branches and cause injury by sucking the tree's sap. The specific name beckii is in honour of historian Richard Beck.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Diaspididae
Genus:Lepidosaphes
News coming your way
The biggest news about our planet delivered to you each day