Clavicoccus erinaceus

Clavicoccus erinaceus
Clavicoccus erinaceus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Pseudococcidae
Genus: Clavicoccus
Species: C. erinaceus
Binomial name
Clavicoccus erinaceus
Ferris, 1948

Clavicoccus erinaceus is an extinct species of mealybug in the family Pseudococcidae. It was endemic to Oahu, where it lived on Abutilon sandwicense.[2]

References

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Clavicoccus erinaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/4961. Retrieved August 9, 2007. 
  2. ^ John W. Beardsley, Jr. (1971). "New genera and species of Hawaiian Pseudococcidae (Homoptera)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 21 (1): 41–58. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10988.