Diaspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock)

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 : 23

Diaspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock)

Aspidiotus perniciosus Comstock, 1881: 304.

Iran localities.

Ardabil, Gilan, Mazandaran.

Host plants.

Cucurbitaceae : Citrullus vulgaris ; Rosaceae : Malus domestica , Prunus sp., Rosa sp.; Salicaceae : Populus euramericana , Populus nigra .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), CABI (1986), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

This is the first record of Diaspidiotus pernicosus from the plant family Cucurbitaceae .