Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867)

Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 129-176 : 139

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4579138
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867)
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Fiorinia fioriniae (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867) View in CoL

Diaspis fioriniae Targioni-Tozzetti, 1867: 14 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Loyalty Islands (Maré), 29.VIII.2002, on leaves of Persea americana, C. Mille coll .; Bourail County (Gouaro), on leaves of Chrysalidocarpus lutescens , 11.XI.2002, S. Cazères coll. ; Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — The species was first found in 1928 ( Williams & Watson 1988a), and was recorded by Cohic (1956, 1958a).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — All over the New Caledonian Archipelago including the Isle of Pines ( Cohic 1958a).

OTHER RECORDS. — Northern and southern Africa, Central, North and South America, Australasia, West Indies, Europe, South-East Asia, Pacific Ocean, Middle East, Far East, Indian Ocean.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA.— Anthurium spp., Cocos nucifera , Persea americana , Santalum austrocaledonicum ( Cohic 1958a) . Also found on Chrysalidocarpus lutescens and Citrus spp. ( Mille 2011).

NOTE. — Despite its presence on avocado trees, F. fioriniae is not rated as an economic species.