Takahashia japonica
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| Takahashia japonica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Coccidae |
| Genus: | Takahashia |
| Species: | T. japonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Takahashia japonica (Cockerell, 1896) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pulvinaria japonica Cockerell, 1896 | |
Takahashia japonica - the string cottony scale - is an insect pest of ornamental- and economic trees in the Coccidae family. It is a pest of quarantine significance in the EPPO area.[1]
