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Unaspis citri (Comstock, 1883)

Escama blanca de los citricos, Citrus snow scale

Citrus snow scale, Unaspis citri. Terrestrial Invertebrates Lab CDRS, Santa Cruz. Photo: Karen Vera, CDF, 2021.
Citrus snow scale, Unaspis citri. Terrestrial Invertebrates Lab CDRS, Santa Cruz. Photo: Karen Vera, CDF, 2021.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Sternorrhyncha

Superfamily
Coccoidea

Family
Diaspididae

Genus
Unaspis

Species
citri

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2001

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Ecology

Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plant: Citrus sp., Inga sp.

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: San Cristobal, Santa Cruz.

References

  • Lincango, M.P. Hodgson, C. & Causton, C. (2008) Lista anotada de los insectos escama (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) de las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.
  • Lincango, P. Hodgson, C., Causton, C. & Miller, D. (2010) An updated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Galapagos Research, 67: 3-7.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Unaspis citri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11498. Accessed 31 October 2026.