Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 43

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti)

Diaspis pentagona Targioni Tozzetti, 1886: 1.

Iran localities.

Ardabil, Gilan, Golestan, Mazandaran.

Host plants.

Actinidiaceae : Actinida chinensis ; Juglandaceae : Juglans regia ; Moraceae : Morus alba ; Pinaceae : Pinus sp.; Rosaceae : Prunus persica ; Rutaceae : Citrus bigaradia ; Salicaceae : Salix sp.

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

This is the first record of Pseudaulacaspis pentagona from the plant family Pinaceae .