Abgrallaspis cyanophylli

Natural history and identification

This armored scale has been maintained on potato and squash in research on the predatory ladybird Chilocorus nigritus. The study demonstrates a predator–prey relationship and that plant substrate can affect predator rearing. It does not establish the cultivated hosts or biological-control outcome at any Kauaʻi site.

Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence

Atlas occurrence category: Present. Bishop Museum checklist treatment records Kauaʻi occurrence.

Account coverage

Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.

Names and classification

Scientific name

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli

Family

Diaspididae

Order

Hemiptera

Record type

species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence

Present

Origin

Introduced

Conservation status

Not assessed

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli belongs to Diaspididae in the order Hemiptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.

Sources and further reading

• Bishop Museum terrestrial arthropod checklist
• Natural history and identification — species source