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
685DV
Signoret
Signoret
1869
[192,614,1433,1457]
Insecta
Diaspididae
Aspidiotus
Animalia
Hemiptera
5
4
Arthropoda
species
destructor
Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: 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’), 2 UVCO), 2 ( MECP); Toro: Finca Toluca, 04°40 ′24.9 ″N, 76°02 ′43.0 ″W, 932 m, 19.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, exavocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’(‘Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO).
Distribution.Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).
Remarks.This species was collected on the underside of leaves of the ‘ Lorenacultivar’. Known as the coconut scale, this species attacks many crops in tropical and subtropical regions. It has been recorded on 76 genera and 46 plant families ( Borchsenius 1966). Aspidiotus destructoris commonly found on coconut palm, but is often found on other palms, fruit trees and ornamental plants (Miller Davidson and 2005).
2008-12-19
UVCO, MECP
A. Arias & Papelillo'
Colombia
1925
3.6475277
Finca La Alvecia
1
-76.10408
5
4
1
Valle del Cauca
2008-12-19
UVCO
A. Arias & Papelillo'
Colombia
932
4.673583
Finca Toluca
1
-76.04528
5
4
1
Toro