Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan)

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 : 17

Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan)

Aspidiotus dictyospermi Morgan, 1889: 352.

Iran localities.

Gilan, Mazandaran, Tehran, Zanjan.

Host plants.

Apiaceae : Actinolema eryngioides ; Arecaceae : Howea forsteriana , Phoenix sp.; Asparagaceae : Beaucarnea recurvata , Dracaena sp.; Buxaceae : Buxus hyrcana ; Fabaceae : Robinia sp.; Moraceae : Ficus benjamina ; Oleaceae : Olea europea ; Pinaceae : Pinus sp.; Rutaceae : Citrus sinensis ; Strelitziaceae : Strelitzia alba ; Theaceae : Camellia sinensis .

References.

Afchar (1937), Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1946, 1955), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

These are the first records of Chrysomphalus dictyospermi from the plant families Apiaceae and Asparagaceae .