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First record of Ceroplastes japonicus (Gray) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Greece and a combined approach of morphological identification and DNA barcoding |
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| Authors: | S Papadopoulou M Kaydan A Manganaris D Loukovitis C Chrysochoidis |
| Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Entomology, School of Agriculture, International Hellenic University, PO Box 1456, GR-54101 Nea Moudania, Greece;2. Imamoglu Vocational School Adana and Biotechnology Application and Research Centre, Çukurova Üniversity, PO Box 01330, Balcal? Adana, Turkey;3. Laboratory of Pomology, School of Agriculture, International Hellenic University, PO Box 1456, GR-54101 Nea Moudania, Greece;4. ELGO Demeter, Research Institute of Animal Science, PO Box 58100, Paralimni, Giannitsa, Greece |
| Abstract: | High levels of infestation of a wax soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccidae) have been observed on Laurus nobilis L. (Lauraceae) and Diospyros kaki Thunb. (Ebanaceae) in Greece in recent years. Specimens of Ceroplastes were collected from regions of Thessaloniki, Naousa and Kavala (northern Greece) and Attica (southern Greece) in 2012–2017. The specimens were identified based on DNA barcoding and female morphological characteristics as Ceroplastes japonicus Green (Hemiptera: Coccidae). |
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