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The result was: promoted by Amkgp (talk) 12:42, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
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Ceroplastes ceriferus
- ... that the Indian wax scale was first described in 1798 by Fabricius, but was wrongly attributed to another author for nearly two hundred years? Source: "The authorship of this species was erroneously credited to Anderson (1790) for almost 200 years. However, the correct name is Ceroplastes ceriferus (Fabricius, 1798)."
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Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 10:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC).
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QPQ: Done. |
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