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
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Aspidiotus nerii
Bouché, 1833
Borg (1898
;
1919
) recorded this species under three different names:
Aspidiotus hederae
,
A. limon
and
A. nerii
.
Borg (1922a: 77
, 242, 337, 381) recorded it (as
Aspidiotus limonii
Signoret
) being “very prevalent in our
Citrus
groves; as common on pear; a frequent source of trouble on our peach and nectarine trees; and as common on cherries”.
Borg (1932)
recorded this species as “very common on ivy, oleander, acacias, olive trees, carob trees, lemon trees, cycads,
agave
, roses, caper bush, etc”. It was also recorded by
Saliba (1963)
as common on almond, cherry, citrus, carob, mulberry, peach, pear and plum.
Haber & Mifsud (2007)
said that the scale was rather frequent on
Malta
,
Gozo
and Comino.
Material examined:
MALTA
, Buskett,
9.iii.1994
,
3 ♀♀
on
Olea europaea
, DM
;
Rabat
,
12.iii.1994
,
1 ♀
on
Pittosporum
sp.
, GW;
Mosta
,
12.iii.1994
,
2 ♀♀
on
O. europaea
, SC
;
Mosta
,
13.iii.1994
,
5 ♀♀
on
O. europaea
, BW
;
Mosta
,
13.iii.1994
,
7 ♀♀
on
Dracaena
, GW
; Burmarrad,
14.iii.1994
,
4 ♀♀
on
Chamaerops
, DM
;
Mosta
,
16.iii.1994
,
2 ♀♀
on
Pittosporum
sp.
, GW; Mistra Valley,
24.iv.1994
,
2 ♀♀
on
Ceratonia siliqua
, DM
;
Mosta
,
23.vi.1994
,
3 ♀♀
on
Asparagus
sp.
,
DM
;
Mosta
,
23.vi.1994
,
2 ♀♀
on
Hedera helix
, DM
;
Marsa
, Għammieri,
7.xi.1996
,
4 ♀♀
on
O. europaea
, CF
; Wied Ħas-Sabtan,
20.xii.1996
,
6 ♀♀
on
Teucrium flavum
, DM
;
Marsa
, Għammieri,
24.ii.1997
,
4 ♀♀
on
Morus
sp.
, CF;
Rabat
,
12.iii.1994
,
7 ♀♀
on
Euonymus
sp.
,
CC
;
Marsa
, Għammieri,
9.i.1999
,
1 ♀
on
Ceratonia siliqua
, CF
;
Marsa
, Għammieri,
23.ii.2007
,
5 ♀♀
on
O. europaea
, DM
; Qawra,
12.ii.2012
,
6 ♀♀
on
O. europea
and
Pittosporum tobira
, CM
;
Valletta
, Upper Barrakka Gardens,
13.ii.2012
,
2 ♀♀
on
P. tobira
, CM
;
Valletta
, St. John Square,
13.ii.2012
,
2 ♀♀
on
Strelitzia
, CM
; Qawra,
14.ii.2012
,
6 ♀♀
on
Nerium oleander
and
Cycas revoluta
, CM
;
Mdina
,
15.ii.2012
,
4 ♀♀
on
O. europaea
, CM
;
Vittoriosa
,
16.ii.2012
,
12 ♀♀
on
O. europaea
,
Hedera helix
and
Yucca
sp.
,
CM
;
Floriana
, St. Philip’s Garden,
18.ii.2012
,
4 ♀♀
on
Nerium oleander
, CM
;
Sliema
,
18.ii.2012
,
2 ♀♀
on
Strelitzia
, CM.
GOZO
,
Kercem
, Dawara Valley,
16.iii.1994
,
3 ♀♀
on
Howardia
, JC
;
Xewkija
,
16.iii.1994
,
9 ♀♀
on
Erica multiflora
, DM.