Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1886)

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 : 144

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scientific name	Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1886)
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Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1886) View in CoL

Diaspis pentagona Targioni-Tozzetti, 1886: 184 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — La Foa County ( IAC, SRFP), 14.X.2002, on stems of the “Kanak cabbage” ( Abelmoschus spp.), J.-P. Kataoui coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); same loc., 14.01.2003, on M. indica, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); La Foa County (Nili), 4.IV.2005, on leaves of Cycas sp., C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); same loc., 13.IV.2010, on fruits of Actinidia chinensis imported from Italy, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC); Nouméa County, 13. VI.2012, on leaves and twigs of Ligustrum vulgare, M. Cazères coll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1956, 1958a).

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

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Althea spp., Angelonia salicariaefolia , Argyreia nervova , Broussonetia papyrifera , Cassia alata , Delphinium spp., Euphorbiaceae , Heliotropium foertherianum , Morus alba , Pelargonium spp., Plumeria alba , Ricinus communis , Stachytarpheta indica ( Cohic 1956, 1958a), Mangifera indica , Carica papaya , Passiflora spp., Prunus persica ( Mille 2011) , recently found on the edible Abelmoschus spp., Actinidia chinensis , Cycas spp. and on Ligustrum vulgare . It is also recorded on Citrus spp. ( Miller & Davidson 2005).

NOTES. — Cohic (1956, 1958a) noted that infestations are often associated with the entomopathogenic fungi Fusarium coccidicola (Fungi, Hypocreales , Nectriaceae ) and Septobasidium bogoriense (Fungi, Basidiomycota, Septobasidiaceae ). Not rated as an economic species in New Caledonia.