Diaspis pentagona
An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data
Moghaddam, Masumeh
ZooKeys
2013
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Targioni Tozzetti
Insecta
Diaspididae
Pseudaulacaspis
CoL
Animalia
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
Hemiptera
42
43
Arthropoda
species
pentagona
Diaspis pentagonaTargioni Tozzetti, 1886: 1.
Iran localities. Ardabil, Gilan, Golestan, Mazandaran.
Host plants. Actinidiaceae: Actinida chinensis; Juglandaceae: Juglans regia; Moraceae: Morus alba; Pinaceae: Pinussp.; Rosaceae: Prunus persica; Rutaceae: Citrus bigaradia; Salicaceae: Salixsp.
References. Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Kozar(1998), Kozaret al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).
Notes. This is the first record of Pseudaulacaspis pentagonafrom the plant family Pinaceae.