Aonidiella citrina (Coquillett)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 13

Aonidiella citrina (Coquillett)

Aspidiotus citrinus Coquillett, 1891: 29.

Iran localities.

Gilan, Golestan, Mazandaran.

Host plants.

Cornaceae : Cornus sp.; Rutaceae : Citrus bigaradia , Citrus limetta .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), CAB International (1997), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1955), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

This is the first record of Aonidiella citrina from the plant family Cornaceae