Fiorinia distinctissima (Newstead)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 30

Fiorinia distinctissima (Newstead)

Parlatoria distinctissima Newstead, 1896: 133-134. Fiorinia afchari Bodenheimer, 1944.

Iran localities.

Hormozgan, Kerman, Sistan & Balouchestan.

Host plants.

Apocynaceae : Nerium oleander , Periploca aphylla ; Capparaceae : Capparis decidua ; Solanaceae : Withania somnifera .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Borchsenius (1966), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1955, 1964), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

These are the first records of Fiorinia distinctissima from the plant families Capparaceae and Solanaceae .