Icerya seychellarum (Westwood, 1855)

This is a cosmopolitan and highly polyphagous species. Heavily infested leaves of an undetermined plant were collected in Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife) on 30.x.2016. In the Macaronesian area, I. seychellarum has been recorded previously on the island of Madeira ( Franco et al. 2011).

Family Species Distribution Host plant

Pseudococcidae Pseudococcus aridorum Tenerife Argyranthemum frutescens, Cytisus

Lindinger, 1911 prolifer var. palmensis, Trifolium panoramitanum Monophlebidae Palaeococcus tabaybae Tenerife Euphorbia regis-jubae Lindinger, 1919

Diaspididae Aonidia campylanthi Tenerife Campylanthus salsoloides (Lindinger, 1911)