Pollinia pollini ( Costa, 1857 )

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 : 12

Pollinia pollini ( Costa, 1857)

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Material examined. Argentina, Mendoza, iii/1997, on Olea europaea, García col., 5 (9) 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028 IFML ; Córdoba, Cruz del Eje , iii/2006, on Olea europaea, Mazzuferi col., 3 (18) 1029, 1030, 1031 IFML .

Diagnosis. Spiniform setae rare, with a large base. Rounded anal lobes cover the anal area.

Biological data. Pollinia pollini does not produce pits on the host plant. Found under dead specimens of Saissetia oleae (Olivier) ( Hemiptera : Coccidae ). Cucchi and Becerra (2015) speculate that this could be for protection against parasitoids.

Comments. The common name is ornate olive scale. It mainly affects olive, Olea europaea L. ( Oleaceae ) but was also found on fig, Ficus carica L. ( Moraceae ) ( García Morales et al. 2016). In Argentina, it is found in Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, and San Juan ( Cucchi and Becerra 2015).

Figures

Figure 6. Pollinia pollini (Costa), adult female. Modified after Gill (1993). a) Dorsal (left), ventral (right) view. b) Eight-shaped pore ducts.c, i) Setae.d) Disk pores. e) Bilocular pore. f) Anal lobe. g) Antenna. h) Quinquelocular pore.