Ferrisia williamsi Kaydan and Gullan

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 : 12

Ferrisia williamsi Kaydan and Gullan ( Fig. 1I )

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca La Polonia , 04°40 ′ 09.8 ″ N, 75°45 ′ 14.1 ″ W, 1369 m, 31.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex Avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 3 ( UVCO) ; Finca La Porra , 04°40 ′ 13.1 ″ N, 75°44 ′ 34.3 ″ W, 1395 m, 10.xi.2008, coll. A. Arias, J. Muñoz, ex Leaves of avocado cv. ‘ Booth 8’, 2 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) ; Finca Villa del Sol , 04°42 ′ 06.1 ″ N, 75°50 ′ 00.5 ″ W, 1215 m, 02.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 3 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) ; Finca Santacruz , 04°39 ′ 47.1 ″ N, 75°48 ′ 20.7 ″ W, 1223 m, 27.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) ; Finca La Pastora , 04°39 ′ 41.6 ″ N, 75°47 ′ 46.6 ″ W, 1240 m, 27.iv.2009, coll. T. Kondo, J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) ; Caicedonia: Finca Corinto , 04°17 ′ 04.2 ″ N, 75°51 ′ 53.9 ″ W, 1650 m, 20.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex Avocado cv. ‘ Choquette’, 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) ; Finca La Cabaña , 04°17 ′ 43.8 ″ N, 75°50 ′ 39.4 ″ W, 1705 m, 09.xii.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP) ; Finca El Palmar , 04°17 ′ 55.9 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 00.2 ″ W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. T. Kondo, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) ; Varsovia: Hacienda La Polonia , 04°40 ′ 09.8 ″ N, 75°45 ′ 14.1 ″ W, 1369 m, 31.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, 1 ( MECP) .

Distribution. Colombia ( Kaydan and Gullan 2012).

Remarks. Ferrisia williamsi was recently described by Kaydan and Gullan (2012) and is the most common mealybug found on avocado leaves, branches, twigs and flowers in the present study.

Figures

Figure 1. Common scale insects on avocado trees. Diaspididae: A. Hemiberlesia cyanophylli (Signoret) on fruit of ‘Hass’ cultivar; B. H. cyanophylli on leaf; C. Pseudoparlatoria parlatorioides (Comstock) on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; Coccidae: D. Ceroplastes rubens Maskell on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; E. Coccus hesperidum L. on leaf of guava; F. Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; G. Pulvinaria psidii Maskell on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; H. Saissetia neglecta De Lotto on Erythrina sp.; Pseudococcidae: I. Ferrisia williamsi Kaydan and Gullan on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar. Photos by T. Kondo.