Planococcus ficus (Signoret)

Material studied. URUGUAY: Canelón Chico, ex fruits of Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae), 34°37’42.9”S 56°10’24.3”W, 6.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 28; same host, Colonia Wilson, 34°42’28.5”S 56°31’05.9”W, 19.xii.2017, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 16; Juanicó, 34°36’47.4’’S 56°14’46.2’’W, 28.i.2018, coll. Salvarrey, J., 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 23; same locality and host, 30.xi.2017, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 6; 11.i.2018, coll. Martínez, V., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 24; 10.ii.2019, coll. Arrillaga, L., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 169; 15.ii.2019, coll. Martínez, V., 4 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 170; Las Piedras, 34°39’16.2”S 56°05’06.7”W, 6.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 26; Montevideo, 31°40’18.5’’S 56°20’27.6’’W, 2.xii.2017, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 5 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 1; Rincón del Colorado, 34°41’04.7”S 56°20’35.4”W, 10.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, 4 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 34; Sauce, 34°41’04.7”S 56°20’35.4”W, 20.i.2017, coll. Delgado, S., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 20; Salto, 34°35’30”S 56°15’23”W, 21.xii.2017, coll. Salvarrey, J., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 18; Durazno, 33°15’48.02” S 56°01’15.02” W, 6.ii.2018, coll. Arrillaga, L., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 29; Melilla, ex leaves of Ficus carica ( Moraceae), 34°48’04.1”S 56°16’32.3”W, 20.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C. & Martínez, V., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 33 .

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 34 species belonging to 25 plant families (García Morales et al. 2016). In Uruguay, Pl. ficus was recorded on Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae), Ficus carica ( Moraceae), Malus domestica (Rosaceae) (Granara de Willink et al. 1997) and Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) (Trujillo Peluffo 1930).

Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions (García Morales et al. 2016).