Aspidiotus destructor Signoret, 1869: 120 Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia Mille, Christian Henderson, Rosa C. Cazères, Sylvie Jourdan, Hervé Zoosystema 2016 2016-06-30 38 2 129 176 685DV Signoret, 1869 Signoret 1869 [257,650,215,242] Insecta Diaspididae Aspidiotus Animalia Hemiptera 8 137 Arthropoda species destructor    Aspidiotus destructorSignoret, 1869: 120.   MATERIAL EXAMINED. — La Foa County( IAC, SRFP), on fruit of  Annona cherimola,  24.VI.2002, J.-P. Kataouicoll.;  La Foa County(Nili), on leaves of  Olea europea,  1.VII.2008, C. Millecoll.; both Rosa C. Hendersondet. ( NZAC, CXMNC). PUBLISHED RECORDSIN NEW CALEDONIA. — Brun & Chazeau (1984).  DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — West Coast of Grande Terre. OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan. HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. —  Annonaspp.,  Artocarpusspp.,  Carica papaya,  Citrusspp.,  Mangifera indica,  Musa sapientum,  Passifloraspp.,  Persea americana,  Prunus persica,  Psidium guajava,  Vitis vinifera( Mille 2011), this species occurs also on olive trees (  Olea europea), coconut (  Cocos nucifera) and other palms ( Arecaceae). BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. — Predated by  Rhizobius satellesBlackburn, 1892;  Chilocorus nigritus( Fabricius, 1798)( Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and parasitized by  Comperiella bifasciata( Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae).  NOTES. — This species is a relatively recent introduction (less than 30 years ago). Cohic (1958a)stated that it was a misidentification of the invalid species “  Aspidiotus hederae(Vallot)” (Ben Dov & Matile-Ferrero 1999) by Risbec (1942), the latter species being  A. neriidescribed below. As the record was an addendum of the first edition of the Brun & Chazeau’s catalogue in 1980, this means that  A. destructorprobably arrived during the early 1980s. Not rated as an economic pest in New Caledonia. 2002-06-24 IAC, SRFP J. - P. Kataoui La Foa County La Foa County 8 137 1 2008-07-01 C. Mille La Foa County La Foa County 8 137 1