Acanthococcus ericae (Signoret, 1875)

Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 499-525 : 513

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scientific name	Acanthococcus ericae (Signoret, 1875)
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Recorded by Borg (1932) as occurring “here and there on Erica multiflora at Buskett, Wardija and Wied Incita”. Malta was also included in the distribution range of this species by Hoy (1963) and Kozár et al. (2013). No Maltese specimens have been seen during the present work.

References

Borg, J. (1932) Scale Insects of the Maltese Islands. Government Printing Office, Malta, 20 pp.

Hoy, J. M. (1963) A catalogue of the Eriococcidae of the World. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin, 150, 1 - 260.

Kozar, F., Kaydan, M. B., Konczne Benedicty, Z. & Szita, E. (2013) Acanthococcidae and related families of the Palaearctic Region. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 679 pp.