The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago
Author
Mifsud, David
Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
david.a.mifsud@um.edu.mt
Author
Mazzeo, Gaetana
Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy.
Author
Russo, Agatino
Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy.
Author
Watson, Gillian W.
Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U. S. A.
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-09-25
3866
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
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Diaspis echinocacti
(Bouché, 1833)
Recorded by
Borg (1932)
(as
Diaspis calyptroides
Costa
), occurring on
Cereus peruvianus
,
C. grandiflorus
,
C. macdonaldi
,
Echinopsis eyriesii
and various species of
Opuntia
.
Material examined:
MALTA
,
Siggiewi
,
19.iii.1994
,
2 ♀♀
on
Zygocactus truncatus
, SA
;
Għargħur
,
11.viii.1994
,
11.viii.1994
,
3 ♀♀
on
Opuntia
sp.
,
DM
; Qawra,
17.ii.2012
,
5 ♀♀
on
Opuntia
sp.
,
CM
.