Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, 2007

Pacheco Da Silva, Vitor C., Kaydan, Mehmet Bora & Basso, Cesar, 2020, Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Uruguay: morphological identification and molecular characterization, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4894 (4), pp. 501-520 : 512

Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink

Material studied. URUGUAY: Montevideo, ex leaves of Hypoestes phyllostachya (Acanthaceae) , 34°54’00.8”S 56°10’18.9”W, 28.xii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 7 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 166; same city and collector, ex leaves of Bougainvillea sp. ( Nyctaginaceae ), 34°53’30.4”S 56°07’27.5”W, 10.i.2019, 7 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 167; ex leaves of Aucuba japonica (Aucubaceae) , 34°53’30.4”S 56°07’27.5”W, 25.x.2019, 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 259; same host, Melilla, 34°44’30.5”S 56°16’49.5”W, 13.v.2019, coll. Martínez, V., 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 234 .

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported on Alternanthera sp. ( Amaranthaceae ), Baccharis sp., ( Asteraceae ), Eupatorium sp. ( Asteraceae ) ( Granara de Willink & Szumik 2007), Araujia sericifera (Asclepiadaceae) , Aucuba japonica (Aucubaceae) , Bougainvillea glabra (Nyctaginaceae) , Myoporum laetum (Myoporaceae) , Solanum vespertilio (Solanaceae) ( Beltrá et al. 2010), Buddleja sp. ( Buddlejaceae ), Coleus scutellarioides (Lamiaceae) ( Pencheva & Yovkova 2016), Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae) , Dicliptera squarrosa (= Dicliptera suberecta ) ( Acanthaceae ) ( Stathas et al. 2015), and Ilex aquifolium (Aquifoliaceae) ( Szita et al. 2017).

Distribution. Nearctic, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions ( García Morales et al. 2016). This is the first record of Ph. peruvianus in Uruguay.