Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti)

Suh, Soo-Jung & Hyun, Ik-Hwa, 2015, A preliminary checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) intercepted in Korea on dracaena and ficus plants (Asparagales: Asparagaceae, Rosales: Moraceae) imported from southern Asia, Insecta Mundi 2015 (432), pp. 1-13 : 9

Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti)

Diagnosis. Adult female covered by white mealy wax, with 17 lateral wax filaments, posterior pairs conspicuously longer than others, posterior pairs as long as or longer than body. Slide mounted female: body broadly oval; dorsal marginal oral rim ducts present in groups of two or three of different sizes, usually one duct larger than other; ventral multilocular disc pores restricted to abdominal segments VII and VIII; penultimate and anal lobe cerarii (C 16 and C 17) with conspicuous basal sclerotization.

Korea quarantine notes. This species was intercepted 265 times; Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Taiwan ( Dracaena, Ficus ); Singapore, Sri Lanka ( Dracaena); Vietnam ( Ficus).