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