Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia Author Kondo, Takumasa Author Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana text Insecta Mundi 2016 2016-01-22 2016 465 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.4645809 1942-1354 4645809 D87176BB-292D-4A7C-B106-EEC015A66561 Coccus hesperidum L. ( Fig. 1E ) Material studied. Colombia . Valle del Cauca : Alcalá : Finca La Porra, 04°40 13.1 N , 75°44 34.3 W , 1395 m , 10.xi.2008 , coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘Booth’, 1 ( UVCO ), Same data except, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 1 ( MECP ) ; 3 ( MECP ); Finca Los Alpes , 04°42 24.8 N , 75°49 01.0 W , 1194 m , 02.xii.2008 , coll. A. Arias , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’ ), 1 ( UVCO ), 2 ( MECP ) ; Caicedonia : Finca Corinto , 04°17 04.2 N , 75°51 53.9 W , 1650 m , 20.iv.2009 , coll. A. Arias , T. Kondo , J. Muñoz , 1 ( UVCO ), 2 ( MECP ) ; Finca Las Margaritas , 04°17 37.1 N , 75°53 18.0 W , 1352 m , 26.v.2009 , coll. A. Arias , T. Kondo , J. Muñoz , 1 ( UVCO ), 2 ( MECP ) . Distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015 ). Remarks. A tropicopolitan species commonly found on leaves and twigs ( Hamon and Williams 1984 ). We found this species on the underside of leaves of ‘Booth’, ‘Hass’ and ‘Lorena’ cultivars.