Spilococcus mamillariae (Bouche)

Material studied. URUGUAY: Montevideo, ex stalk of Mammillaria sp. ( Cactaceae), 34°53’19.6”S 56°07’12.7”W, 3.xi.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 158 .

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 95 species belonging to 6 plant families, but mainly associated with Cactaceae, in which it is recorded on 89 species (García Morales et al. 2016).

Distribution. Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions (García Morales et al. 2016). This is the first record of S. mamillariae on Uruguay.