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
3KLSD
(Signoret)
Signoret
1869
[192,689,993,1017]
Insecta
Diaspididae
Hemiberlesia
Animalia
Hemiptera
6
5
Arthropoda
species
cyanophylli
Material studied. Colombia. Caldas: Belalcazar: Peñitas, 1400 m, coll. A. Ramos, exavocado cv. ‘ Hass’, 1 ( MECP). Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca La Esmeralda, 04°39 ′58.4 ″N, 75°48 ′27.4 ″W, 1223 m, 16.ii.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO); Finca La Porra, 04°40 ′13.1 ″N, 75°44 ′34.3 ″W, 1395 m, 10.xi.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado ‘ Booth8’, 2 ( UVCO); 2 ( MECP); Samedata except coll. A. Arias, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO); Finca Los Alpes, 04°42 ′24.8 ″N, 75°49 ′01.0 ″W, 1194 m, 02.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Booth8’, 1 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP); Samedata except 28.x.2008, exavocado cv. ‘ Booth’, 1 ( UVCO); Samedata except 28.x.2008, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO); Samedata, except no coordinates nor elevation given, 9.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cultivar not determined, 1 ( MECP); Finca Villa del Sol, 04°42 ′06.1 ″N, 75°50 ′00.5 ″W, 1215 m, 02.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, exavocado cultivar ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 2 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP); Caicedonia: Finca El Chaquiro, 04°17 ′00.0 ″N, 75°51 ′24.7 ″W, 1651 m, 02.iii.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Hass’, 2 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP); Finca Corinto, 04°17 ′04.2 ″N, 75°51 ′53.9 ″W, 1650 m, 20.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Trinidad’, 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP); Samedata except exavocado cv. ‘ Booth’, 1( UVCO); Finca El Palmar, 04°17 ′56 ″N, 75°53 ′00 ″W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Booth8’, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP); Samedata except, coll. A. Arias, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 1 ( MECP); Samedata except coll. T. Kondo, exavocado cv. ‘ Booth’, 1 ( UVCO); Finca La Cabaña, 04°17 ′43.8 ″N, 75°50 ′39.4 ″W, 1705 m, 9.ii.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Booth’, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP); Samedata, coll. A. Arias, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 2 ( MECP); Finca Linares, 04°17 ′53.2 ″N, 75°51 ′50.9 ″W, 1490 m, 2.iii.2009, coll. A. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO); El Cerrito: Finca La Alvecia, 03°38 ′51.1 ″N, 76°06 ′14.7 ″W, 1925 m, 19.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP); Palmira: Rozo, Finca Brasil, 03°36 ′36.0 ″N, 76°25 ′08.5 ″W, 967 m, 10.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’, 2 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP); Samedata except, 03°38 ′51.1 ″N, 76°06 ′14.7 ″W, 1925 m, 19.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘ Lorena’), 1 ( MECP); Ulloa: Finca La Catalina, 04°41 ′38.8 ″N, 75°45 ′10.4 ″W, 1301 m, 4.v.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, exavocado cv. ‘ Santana’, 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP).
Distribution.Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).
Remarks.The species was found on the underside of avocado leaves on the following cultivars: ‘Booth 8’, ‘Choquette’, ‘Hass’, ‘Lorena’ and an undetermined cultivar. The Cyanophyllum scale, H. cyanophylliis highly polyphagous and has been recorded on 75 genera in 18 plant families ( Borchsenius 1966). Hemiberlesia cyanophylli, A. tubercularisand C. dictyospermiare frequently found on the fruit of ‘Hass’ avocado, although their damage appears to be only cosmetic. It should be noted that we did not find any other diaspidid species on fruits of other avocado cultivars. This could be due to the rugose texture of the fruit of ‘Hass’ avocados, which provides a perfect place for feeding and settling. These three diaspidid species are here considered of quarantine importance because they can be found on fruit.
MECP
A. Ramos & Hass'
Colombia
1400
Penitas
6
5
1
Caldas
2009-02-16
UVCO
J. Munoz & Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
1223
4.666222
Finca La Esmeralda
1
-75.80762
6
5
1
Valle del Cauca
2008-11-10
UVCO
J. Munoz & Booth
Colombia
1395
4.6703053
Finca La Porra
1
-75.74286
6
5
1
Alcala
UVCO
A. Arias & Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
Same
6
5
1
Alcala
2008-12-02
UVCO, MECP
J. Munoz & Booth
Colombia
1194
4.7068887
Finca Los Alpes
1
-75.81694
6
5
1
Alcala
2008-10-28
UVCO
Booth'
Colombia
Same
6
5
1
Alcala
2008-10-28
UVCO
Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
Same
6
5
1
Alcala
2008-12-09
MECP
J. Munoz
Colombia
Same
6
5
1
Alcala
2008-12-02
UVCO, MECP
A. Arias & Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
1215
4.7016945
Finca Villa del Sol
1
-75.83347
6
5
1
Alcala
2009-03-02
UVCO, MECP
J. Munoz & Hass'
Colombia
1651
4.2833333
Finca El Chaquiro
1
-75.85686
6
5
1
Caicedonia
2009-04-20
UVCO, MECP
J. Munoz & Trinidad'
Colombia
1650
4.2845
Finca Corinto
1
-75.86497
6
5
1
Caicedonia
UVCO
Booth'
Colombia
Same
6
5
1
Caicedonia
2008-10-28
UVCO, MECP
J. Munoz & Booth
Colombia
1376
4.2988887
Finca El Palmar
21
-75.88333
6
5
1
Caicedonia
MECP
A. Arias & Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
Same
6
5
1
Caicedonia
[459,1269,1506,1530]
UVCO
T. Kondo & Booth'
Colombia
Same
6
5
1
Caicedonia
2009-02-09
UVCO, MECP
J. Munoz & Booth'
Colombia
1705
4.2955
Finca La Cabana
1
-75.844284
6
5
1
Caicedonia
[334,1244,1570,1594]
MECP
A. Arias & Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
Same
6
5
1
Caicedonia
2009-03-02
UVCO
A. J. Munoz & Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
1490
4.298111
Finca Linares
1
-75.864136
6
5
1
Caicedonia
2008-12-19
UVCO, MECP
A. Arias & Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
1925
3.6475277
Finca La Alvecia
1
-76.10408
6
5
1
El Cerrito
2008-12-10
UVCO, MECP
J. Munoz & Papelillo'
Colombia
967
3.61
Finca Brasil
1
-76.41902
Rozo
6
5
1
Palmira
2008-12-19
MECP
J. Munoz & Papelillo' & Lorena'
Colombia
1925
3.6475277
Same
1
-76.10408
6
5
1
Palmira
2009-05-04
UVCO, MECP
J. Munoz & Santana'
Colombia
1301
4.6941113
Finca La Catalina
1
-75.75289
6
5
1
Ulloa