Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898: 47 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 4G2GC Tinsley, 1898 Tinsley 1898 [936,1331,1150,1177] Insecta Pseudococcidae Phenacoccus Animalia Hemiptera 21 150 Arthropoda species solenopsis      Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, 1898: 47.  MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Païta County (La Tontouta, PNVF, Plateforme de Normalisation des Végétaux aux Frontières), 23. V.2006, on leaves of  Solanum melongena, T. Parccoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC); Bourail County (Gouaro), 23.III.2007, on leaves of  S. lycopersicon, S. Cazèrescoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Mont-Dore County ( IAC, SRMH), 10.IV.2007, on leaves and twigs of  Marsdenia nigrifloraand leaves of  Corchorus neocaledonicus, S. Cazèrescoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); Païta County (greenhouses, Mr J.-B. Marchand Farm), 11. V.2007, on leaves and fruits of  Capsicum annuum, P. Caplongcoll., Christopher Hodgson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County (P. Lecren property), 22.II.2010, on  Tagetes patula, P. Lecrencoll., Rosa C. Hendersondet. ( NZAC, CXMNC). PUBLISHED RECORDSIN NEW CALEDONIA. — Hodgson et al.(2008).  DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — West Coast of Grande Terre. OTHER RECORDS. — Western Africa, southern Asia, North America. HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. —  Capsicum annuum,  Corchorus neocaledonicus,  Marsdenia nigriflora,  Solanum lycopersicum,  S. melongena, and on  Tagetes patula. NOTES. — This species was found in Saint-Louis, at the IAC SRMH in Mont-Dore County and also in the counties of Bourail, La Foa, Païta (La Tontouta), firstly in 2006. Notrated as an economic species, but as it is a recent introduction it should be monitored carefully in tomato greenhouses.