Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia Kondo, Takumasa Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana Insecta Mundi 2016 2016-01-22 2016 465 1 24 6RSDL (Comstock) Comstock 1883 [192,652,641,665] Insecta Diaspididae Mycetaspis Animalia Hemiptera 8 7 Arthropoda species personata   Material studied.   Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Palmira: Rozo, Finca Brasil, 03°36 ′36.0 ″N, 76°25 ′08.5 ″W,  967 m,  10.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP);  Samedata except  19.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘Lorena’), 2 ( UVCO).   Distribution.Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).   Remarks.We found  M. personataon the upper surface of avocado leaves of the ‘Lorena’ cultivar. This species is very small, only measuring about 1 mmin diameter ( Evans et al. 2009). The species is fairly polyphagous and has been recorded on 17 plant families ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015). In Colombia,  M. personatais commonly found on the leaves of mango and  Ficusspp., but in small numbers and it is not considered of economic importance in Colombia(T. Kondo, personal observation). 2008-12-10 UVCO, MECP A. Arias & Arias, J & Papelillo' Colombia 967 3.61 Finca Brasil 1 -76.41902 Rozo 8 7 1 Valle del Cauca [327,1436,738,762] 2008-12-19 UVCO J. Munoz & Papelillo' Colombia Same 8 7 1 Palmira