Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink

Material studied. URUGUAY: Montevideo, ex leaves of Hypoestes phyllostachya (Acanthaceae), 34°54’00.8”S 56°10’18.9”W, 28.xii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 7 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 166; same city and collector, ex leaves of Bougainvillea sp. ( Nyctaginaceae), 34°53’30.4”S 56°07’27.5”W, 10.i.2019, 7 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 167; ex leaves of Aucuba japonica (Aucubaceae), 34°53’30.4”S 56°07’27.5”W, 25.x.2019, 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 259; same host, Melilla, 34°44’30.5”S 56°16’49.5”W, 13.v.2019, coll. Martínez, V., 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 234 .

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported on Alternanthera sp. ( Amaranthaceae), Baccharis sp., ( Asteraceae), Eupatorium sp. ( Asteraceae) (Granara de Willink & Szumik 2007), Araujia sericifera (Asclepiadaceae), Aucuba japonica (Aucubaceae), Bougainvillea glabra (Nyctaginaceae), Myoporum laetum (Myoporaceae), Solanum vespertilio (Solanaceae) (Beltrá et al. 2010), Buddleja sp. ( Buddlejaceae), Coleus scutellarioides (Lamiaceae) (Pencheva & Yovkova 2016), Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae), Dicliptera squarrosa (= Dicliptera suberecta) ( Acanthaceae) (Stathas et al. 2015), and Ilex aquifolium (Aquifoliaceae) (Szita et al. 2017).

Distribution. Nearctic, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions (García Morales et al. 2016). This is the first record of Ph. peruvianus in Uruguay.