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The Scale Insects of the Canadian Arctic (Homoptera: Coccoidea)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. R. Richards
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario

Abstract

Two new species of scale insects are described. These are the only scale insects known to occur in the Canadian Arctic. One is a species of Pulvinaria Targ. and one a species of Pseudococcus Westw.; both genera are known to occur in Greenland.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1964

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