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
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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