Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869)

Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 499-525 : 510

Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869)

Recorded by Borg (1932) as frequent on Livistona chinensis , L. australis and other palms.

Material examined: MALTA, Bir id-Deheb, 20.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on unidentified succulent plant, DM; Bir id-Deheb, 22.iv.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Vitis vinifera, DM ; Bir id-Deheb, 22.iv.1994, 2 ♀♀ on V. vinifera, DM ; Marsa, Għammieri, 24.ii.1997, 4 ♀♀ on Morus sp. , CF; Valletta, Upper Barrakka Gardens, 13.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Cycas revoluta, CM ; Qawra, 14.ii.2012, 4 ♀♀ on C. revoluta, CM ; Qawra, 15.ii.2012, 6 ♀♀ on Ficus carica, CM ; Qawra, 16.ii.2012, 22 ♀♀ on bark of Lonicera implexa, CM ; Qawra, 16.ii.2012, 3 ♀♀ on Olea europaea, CM ; Vittoriosa, 16.ii.2012, 14 ♀♀ on Hedera helix and Yucca sp. , CM. GOZO, Kercem, Dawara Valley , 16.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis, SA ; Xewkija, 16.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on Eriobotrya japonica, GW .