Clavicoccus erinaceus

Clavicoccus erinaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Sternorrhyncha
Superfamily: Coccoidea
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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T4961A11102700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4961A11102700.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. Beardsley, John W., Jr. (1971). "New genera and species of Hawaiian Pseudococcidae (Homoptera)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 21 (1): 41–58. hdl:10125/10988.


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