Aspidiotus nerii
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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Bouche
Insecta
Diaspididae
Aspidiotus
CoL
Animalia
Aspidiotus nerii
Hemiptera
14
15
Arthropoda
species
nerii
Aspidiotus nerii Bouche, 1833: 52.
Iran localities. Elborz, Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Markazi, Golestan, Mazandaran, Tehran.
Host plants. Apocynaceae: Nerium oleander; Araliaceae: Hedera canariensis; Arecaceae: Phoenixsp.; Asparagaceae: Asparagus officinalis; Oleaceae: Olea europaea; Orchidaceae: Maxillaria, longipetala; Pinaceae: Pinussp.; Tamaricaceae: Tamarixsp.
References. Afchar (1937), Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Borchsenius (1966), Davatchi (1946), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1946, 1955), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968), Kozar(1998), Kozaret al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).
Notes. These are the first records of Aspidiotus neriifrom the plant families Asparagaceaeand Tamaricaceae.