Russellaspis pustulans ( Cockerell, 1892 )

Granara de, María C., Willink, González, Patricia & Stumpf, Christof F., 2023, Revision of the family Asterolecaniidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Argentina, Insecta Mundi 2023 (996), pp. 1-23 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.10834645
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8222328
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scientific name	Russellaspis pustulans ( Cockerell, 1892 )
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Russellaspis pustulans ( Cockerell, 1892)

Material examined. Argentina, Santiago del Estero, near Lavalle, 17/v/1998, host unknown, MCG de Willink col., 1(5) 1022 IFML.

Diagnosis. With submarginal row of simple disk pores on venter. With tentorial sclerotization on the clypeolabral shield ( Stumpf and Lambdin 2006).

Comments. The common name is oleander pit scale. Polyphagous, known to feed on plants in 69 families ( García Morales et al. 2016). This is the first record of this species in Argentina.