Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 7

Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus

Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758: 455.

Coccus hesperidum

Iran localities.

Elborz, Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Khouzestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Sistan & Balouchestan, Tehran.

Host plants.

Apocynaceae : Nerium oleander ; Aquifoliaceae : Ilex sp.; Asparagaceae : Yucca baccata ; Fabaceae : Alhagi camelorum , Cercis siliquastrum , Robinia pseudo-acacia ; Lauraceae : Laurus nobilis ; Lycopodiaceae : Lycopodium clavatum ; Lythraceae : Punica granatum ; Moraceae : Ficus benjamina , Ficus carica , Morus alba ; Myrsinaceae : Cyclamen coum ; Nyctaginaceae : Mirabilis jalapa ; Rosaceae : Prunus armeniaca ; Rutaceae : Citrus sinensis , Ulmaceae : Ulmus campestris .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1946, 1957), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2009, 2010) and Torabi et al. (2010).

Notes.

These are the first records of Coccus hesperidum from the plant families Aquifoliaceae , Asparagaceae , Lycopodiaceae , Moraceae and Rosaceae .