Leucaspis riccae Targioni Tozzetti, 1881

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 : 511

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scientific name	Leucaspis riccae Targioni Tozzetti, 1881
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First reported from Malta by Leonardi (1920). Borg (1932) recorded this species as found “here and there; on olive trees at Boschetto, San Antonio, Vallone Lia, Notabile, etc”. It was recorded again by Saliba (1963) as being occasionally found on olives, also by Haber & Mifsud (2007) and Mifsud et al. (2012).

References

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

Haber, G. & Mifsud, D. (2007) Pests and diseases associated with olive trees in the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 4 (3), 143 - 161.

Leonardi, G. (1920) Monografia delle Cocciniglie Italiane. Opera Postuma. Edizione curata e accresciuta di un'appendice dal Prof. F. Silvestri, Portici, vii + 555 pp. [in Italian]

Mifsud, D., Falzon, A., Malumphy, C., De Lillo, E., Volvas, N. & Porcelli, F. (2012) On some arthropods associated with Ficus species (Moraceae) in the Maltese Islands. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, 5, 5 - 34.

Saliba, L. J. (1963) Insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese Islands. Department of Information, Malta, 35 pp.