Powell, E.C., Miller, D.R., & Lahey, Z. 2026 Odonaspis serrata Ben-Dov (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae), a new bamboo-specialist armored scale for South Florida. Pest Alert (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry) FDACS-P-02290

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Notes: In March 2026, an unknown Odonaspis Leonardi armored scale species was found heavily infesting stems and leaves of a stand of monastery bamboo, Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble (Poaceae), in a botanical garden in South Florida