Acanthococcus ericae (Signoret, 1875)

Recorded by Borg (1932) as occurring “here and there on Erica multiflora at Buskett, Wardija and Wied Incita”. Malta was also included in the distribution range of this species by Hoy (1963) and Kozár et al. (2013). No Maltese specimens have been seen during the present work.