Melanaspis inopinata (Leonardi)

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 : 36

Melanaspis inopinata (Leonardi)

Aonidiella inopinata Leonardi, 1913: 63.

Iran localities.

Azarbaijan -e Sharghi, Bushehr, Fars, Kerman, Kermanshah, Kordestan, Kohgilouyeh & Boyerahmad, Lorestan, Yazd.

Host plants.

Aceraceae : Acer cinerascens ; Brassicaceae : Anabasis sp.; Anacardiaceae : Pistacia khinjuk , Pistacia mutica ; Euphorbiaceae : Ricinus communis ; Fabaceae : Acacia sp., Astragalus sp.; Fagaceae : Quercus sp.; Juglandaceae : Juglans regia ; Oleaceae : Fraxinus excelsior ; Rosaceae : Malus domestica , Prunus avium , Pyrus sp.; Salicaceae : Salix sp.

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1955), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004), Moghaddam and Tavakoli (2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

These are the first records of Melanaspis inopinata from the plant families Brassicaceae , Euphorbiaceae and Fagaceae .