The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago Mifsud, David Mazzeo, Gaetana Russo, Agatino Watson, Gillian W. Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-25 3866 4 499 525 383BM (Leonardi, 1898) Leonardi 1898 [151,642,439,464] Insecta Diaspididae Duplachionaspis Animalia Hemiptera 10 509 Arthropoda species berlesii   Borg (1932)recorded this species (as  Chionaspis berleseiLeon.) on  Asparagus aphyllus,  A. acutifoliusand  Smilax aspera,from Wied Incita, Iklin, Wied il-Għasel on Malta; and from Mgarr ix-Xini, Ta’ Cenc and Naduron Gozo. No Maltese specimens have been seen during the present work.