IFAS Extension
The Mexican Lac Scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae)
Ian Stocks
Contacts: Elena Rhodes
Agriculture
Abstract
The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.
About this Publication
This document is EENY 552 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 423), one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date April 2013. Revised June 2016, February 2019, and July 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Stocks, I. (2013). The mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae). EDIS, 2013(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in990-2013
Authors
Ian Stocks
external
FDACS-DPI
taxonomic entomologist, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, and affiliate faculty, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology
Contacts
Elena Rhodes
staff
University of Florida
biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology