Icerya seychellarum ( Westwood, 1855 )

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 : 146

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scientific name	Icerya seychellarum ( Westwood, 1855 )
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Icerya seychellarum ( Westwood, 1855) View in CoL

Dorthezia seychellarum Westwood, 1855: 836 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Houaïlou County (Waraï), 10.VIII.2001, on leaves and twigs of Litchi chinensis, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Loyalty Islands (Maré, Atha), 7.VII.2008, on leaves and twigs of Citrus sinensis, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1956).

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

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Artocarpus spp., Citrus spp., Cocos nucifera , Coffea spp., Cycas spp., Elaeis guineensis , Ficus pumila , Latania commersonii , Persea americana , Phoenix spp., Pyrus malus , Prunus persica , Rosa spp. ( Cohic 1956, Brun & Chazeau 1986), also found on Annona spp., Averrhoa carambola , Carica papaya , Litchi chinensis , Mangifera indica , Musa spp., Passiflora spp., Psidium guajava , Santalum austrocaledonicum , Vitis vinifera ( Mille 2011) .

NOTES. — Generally observed along the main veins of leaves, on twigs and young shoots, also on mature fruits. Several ladybugs ( Coleoptera : Coccinellidae ) control this species. Not rated as an economic pest.