Ceroplastes ceriferus ( Fabricius, 1798 )

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 : 132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4579096
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scientific name	Ceroplastes ceriferus ( Fabricius, 1798 )
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Ceroplastes ceriferus ( Fabricius, 1798) View in CoL

Coccus ceriferus Fabricius, 1798: 546 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — One specimen from Loyalty Islands (Maré), 2003, on avocado tree ( Persea americana ), C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC).

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

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Loyalty Islands (Maré) and Grande Terre.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — On roots of Ficus spp. in Loyalty Islands (Maré) ( Williams & Watson 1990); Alstonia lanceolata , Citrus spp.; Pteridium aquilinum ( Cohic 1956, 1958a); Montrouziera spp. ( Brun & Chazeau 1984); Melaleuca quinquenervia ( Brun & Chazeau 1986) and Persea americana ( Mille 2011) .

OTHER RECORDS. — Cosmopolitan.

NOTE. — Quite rare in New Caledonia, not rated as an economic species to date.