Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell, 1879)

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 : 506

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494851

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC0D62-C46C-FF90-A1F9-AE89D8832037

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell, 1879)
status

 

Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell, 1879) View in CoL

First reported as occurring in Malta by Leonardi (1920). Borg (1932) wrote that this species seemed to be of recent importation and was frequently found on citrus trees. It was also recorded by Saliba (1963) (as Anidiella aurantii ) as common on oranges, and again by Farrugia (1998).

Material examined: MALTA, Żejtun, 10.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Citrus limon, DM ; Mosta, 13.iii.1994, 3 ♀♀ on Ficus carica, DM ; Marsa, 13.iii.1994, 3 ♀♀ on Citrus spp. , DM; Marsa, Għammieri, 24.ii.1997, 1 ♀ on Morus sp. , CF; Valletta, 13.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Euonymus japonica, CM ; Floriana, 13.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on E. japonica, CM ; Bugibba, 14.ii.2012, 8 ♀♀ on E. japonica , Rosa sp. and C. sinensis CM ; Mdina, 15.ii.2012, 8 ♀♀ on C. sinensis and C. limon, CM ; Attard, San Anton Gardens, 19.v.2012, 5 ♀♀ on Citrus sp. , AR, DM & GM.

DM

Dominion Museum

AR

Pomor State University

GM

Museum of Southeastern Moravia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Coccoidea

Family

Diaspididae

Genus

Aonidiella

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