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
Bombacoccus aguacatae
Kondo
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. ‘
Papelillo’
(‘Lorena’), 1 (
UVCO
), 1 (
MECP
)
;
Caicedonia
:
Finca El Jardín
,
04°18
′
18.4
″
N
,
75°51
′
00.0
″
W
,
1622 m
,
16.ii.2009
, coll.
T. Kondo
,
ex
avocado cv
.
‘Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 1 (
UVCO
).
Distribution.
Only known from
Colombia
(
Kondo 2010
).
Remarks.
The Cottony avocado scale,
B. aguacatae
was originally collected in Anserma, department of
Caldas
,
Colombia
, on ‘Booth 8’ and ‘Hass’ cultivars (
Kondo 2010
). In the present study we additionally collected the species from the ‘Lorena’ cultivar in the department of
Valle del Cauca
. The insects have been found on tree branches and twigs of three avocado cultivars. Tiny parasitic wasps have been found emerging from the body of old females and the larvae of a species of syrphid fly (
Diptera
:
Syrphidae
) have been found feeding on the coccid nymphs (
Kondo 2010
). The ant
Pheidole
sp. (
Hymenoptera
:
Formicidae
) has been found tending the soft scale, and sooty moulds regularly grow on their produced honeydew covering branches, leaves and fruit (
Kondo 2010
).
Ceroplastes
fl
oridensis
Comstock
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. ‘
Papelillo’
(‘
Lorena’
), 2 (
UVCO
), 2 (
MECP
)
;
Finca Los Alpes
,
04°42
′
24.8
″
N
,
75°49
′
01.0
″
W
,
1194 m
,
02.xii.2008
, coll.
J. Muñoz
,
ex
avocado cv. ‘
Papelillo’
(‘
Lorena’
), 1 (
UVCO
), 2 (
MECP
)
;
Finca Los Alpes
,
04°17
′
56.0
″
N
,
75°53
′
00.0
″
W
,
1376 m
,
28.x.2008
, coll.
A. Arias
,
ex
avocado cv. ‘
Booth
8’, 1 (
UVCO
)
;
Finca Villa del Sol
,
04°42
′
06.1
″
N
,
75°50
′
00.5
″
W
,
1215 m
,
02.xii.2009
, coll.
J. Muñoz
,
ex
avocado cv. ‘
Papelillo’
(‘
Lorena’
), 2 (
UVCO
), 3 (
MECP
)
.
Distribution.
Cosmopolitan (
Ben-Dov et al. 2015
).
Remarks.
Ceroplastes floridensis
was found on the upper surface of leaves of ‘Booth 8’ and ‘Lorena’ cultivars.