Laurencella colombiana Foldi and Watson, 2001

Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (465), pp. 1-24 : 13

Laurencella colombiana Foldi and Watson

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Caicedonia, Finca Corinto , 04°17 ′ 04.2 ″ N, 75°51 ′ 53.9 ″ W, 1650 m, 20.iv.2009, coll. T. Kondo, ex avocado cv. Papelillo (Lorena), 4 ( BME) ; Finca La Cabaña , 04°17 ′ 43.8 ″ N, 75°50 ′ 39.4 ″ W, 1705 m, 09.ii.2009, coll. T. Kondo, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 3 ( BME) .

Distribution. Neotropical: Colombia ( Foldi and Watson 2001).

Remarks. Specimens were kindly identified by Dr. Penny Gullan (The Australian National University, Australia) as Laurencella colombiana based on immature specimens, which were compared to immature specimens of L. colombiana collected from the type locality and collector of the type material (P. Gullan, personal communication).