Biosecurity Research Articles
Book review of Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
11-16-2022
Journal Title
Austral Entomology
ISSN
Print: 2052-174X Electronic: 2052-1758
Keywords
Book review, Scale insect pests, Biosecurity, Entomology
Disciplines
Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Biosecurity | Entomology | Horticulture
Abstract
Book Review by Melida Moir of Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests. Takumasa Kondo and Gillian W. Watson (Eds). 2022. CABI International. pp. 720, 280 × 225 mm. Colour photographs and drawings. ISBN: 9781800620643. £275.00. Hardback.
This large tome provides a species-by-species account of the most economically significant of the pest insects within the infraorder Coccomorpha (mealybugs, scales). This is no small feat, given that, as editors Kondo and Watson note (p. 8), pests consist of >7% of all described Coccomorpha species (~640 of 8436 species). Kondo and Watson enlist a number of other authors for different sections of the book; the 37 authors in total represent 20 countries (p. xxiii), thus giving a very comprehensive coverage of the main pestiferous Coccomorpha globally. However, of the 151 total sections (chapters, subchapters and subsections), Kondo/Watson author or co-author 134 of these. The result is a pleasing consistency in format, wording and presentation across the 720 pages.
Recommended Citation
Moir, M. L. (2022) Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests. Takumasa Kondo and Gillian W. Watson (Eds). 2022. CABI International. pp. 720, 280 × 225 mm. Colour photographs and drawings. ISBN: 9781800620643. £275.00. Hardback. Austral Entomology, 61: 505–507. https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12625.
