Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis ( Green, 1896 )

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 : 143-144

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a1
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scientific name	Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis ( Green, 1896 )
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Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis ( Green, 1896) View in CoL

Aspidiotus trilobitiformis Green, 1896: 4 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 28.IV.2002, on fruits of Citrus sp., S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County ( IAC, SRFP), 9.VII.2002, on leaves of Swietenia mahogani, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Moindou County, 6.VIII.2002, on leaves of Schinus terebinthifolius, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Mont-Dore County ( IAC, SRMH), 10.IV.2007, on leaves and twigs of Ochrothallus sp., S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County ( IAC, SRFP), 8.III.2011, on Tahitian Lime fruits ( Citrus latifolia ), M. Bouteiller coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); Farino County (Les Hauts de Fonwhary), 2.I.2012, on leaves of Passiflora quadrangularis, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); Loyalty Islands (Maré, Atha), 7.VII.2008, on leaves of Citrus sinensis, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); Thio County (Nakalé), 3.X.2008, on an unknown plant, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Nouméa County (Vallée des Colons), 18.X.2012, on Citrus sp. fruits, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( CXMNC); La Foa County (Thia) 26.XI.2013, on Tahitian Lime fruits ( C. latifolia ), G. Mercier & J.-C. Kasman coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — This species has been recorded from New Caledonia since 1897 ( Cohic [1956, 1958a], Williams & Watson 1988a)

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — All over the New Caledonian Archipelago.

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Acacia spp., Aleurites spp., Annona spp., Artocarpus spp., Barringtonia asiatica , Bauhinia variegata , Calophyllum inophyllum , Capsicum spp., Carica papaya , Cataranthus roseus , Citrus spp., Clitoria ternatea , Codiaeum spp., Cordyline neocaledonica , Cordyline spp., Cordyline neocaledonica , Crescentia cujete , Dodonaea viscosa , Epipremnum aureum , Eriobotrya japonica , Ficus spp., Laurus nobilis , Mucuna bennetti , Murraya exotica , Nerium oleander , Ochrosia appositifolia , Passiflora spp., Persea americana , Psidium spp., Pyrostegia venusta , Santalum austrocaledonicum ( Cohic 1956, 1958a). Recently found on Mangifera indica ( Mille 2011) , Ochrothallus spp., Swietenia mahogany and Schinus terebinthifolius .

NOTES. — Cohic (1958a) noted that this species is the most polyphagous one encountered in New Caledonia, and it can be very dangerous on young Citrus trees and on Passiflora quadrangularis . A common species rated as an economic pest.