Clavicoccus erinaceus

Clavicoccus erinaceus
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 2.3)[1]
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 its host plant, the now critically endangered greenflower Indian mallow, Abutilon sandwicense.[2]

References

World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Clavicoccus erinaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T4961A11102700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4961A11102700.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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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[1] World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Clavicoccus erinaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 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.