Coccus aonidum Linnaeus, 1758: 455
Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia
Mille, Christian
Henderson, Rosa C.
Cazères, Sylvie
Jourdan, Hervé
Zoosystema
2016
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5Z22C
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Linnaeus
1758
[222,685,876,903]
Insecta
Diaspididae
Chrysomphalus
Animalia
Hemiptera
9
138
Arthropoda
species
aonidum
Coccus aonidum Linnaeus, 1758: 455. PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1956, 1958a); Brun & Chazeau (1986).
DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Everywhere but not at high altitudes ( Cohic 1958a). OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan. HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Highly polyphagous, Agathisspp., Aleurites moluccana, Annonaspp., Arecaceae, Aspidistraspp., Barringtonia asiatica, Bauhinia variegata, Calophyllum inophyllum, Citrusspp., Cocos nucifera, Dodonaea viscosa, Eriobotrya japonica, Fragraeaspp., Ficusspp., Gardeniaspp., Gerberaspp., Gladiolusspp., Jasminumspp., Latania commersonii, Laurus nobilis, Leucopogonspp., Mangifera indica, Melaleuca quinquenervia, Musaspp., Nerium oleander, Nothofagus aequilateralis, Pandanusspp., Rosaspp., Sansevieriaspp., Santalum austrocaledonicum, Syzygium cumini, Tamarindus indica( Cohic 1956, 1958a; Brun & Chazeau 1986). BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. — Aphytis chrysomphaliand Encarsia citrina( Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae).
NOTE. — Populations of C. aonidumseem to be under biological control ( Cohic 1958a). Notrated as an economic species.