Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791)

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 : 505-506

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494841
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC0D62-C46D-FF90-A1F9-AC7FDF0A2595
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791)
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Borg (1898; 1919) recorded this species (as Lecanium oleae ) as an important pest affecting citrus and to a lesser extent olive cultivation. Borg (1922a: 83) wrote that this scale was “very common everywhere in our groves, and is also found on the Olive, stone-fruit-trees, and many ornamental trees and shrubs, as well as on Capsicums and other annuals” and was also found on pear growing near citrus ( Borg, 1922a: 242) and on cherries ( Borg, 1922a: 381). Borg (1932) described S. oleae as very common on citrus and olive trees, Cycas revoluta , Abutilon , Hibiscus , Myrtus , Nerium oleander , Pistacia lentiscus , P. terebinthus , Punica granatum , and other non-specified host plants. Saliba (1963) stated that it was very common on orange, fairly common on other citrus, apple, pear, olive, cherry and mulberry. More recently, it was recorded again by Farrugia (1998), Haber & Mifsud (2007) & Mifsud et al. (2012).

Material examined: MALTA, Rabat, Buskett , 9.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Olea europaea, DM ; Żejtun, 10.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Citrus limon, DM ; Rabat, 12.iii.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Pittosporum sp. , CC ; Rabat, 12.iii.1994, 3 ♀♀ on Cycas revoluta, GW ; Rabat, 12.iii.1994, 3 ♀♀ on Euonymus sp. , CC ; Marsa, 13.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Casuarina sp. , GW ; Marsa, 13.iii.1994, 4 ♀♀ on O. europaea, BW ; Marsa, 13.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Citrus sp. , GW ; Mosta, 13.iii.1994, 4 ♀♀ on Howeia foersteriana, GW ; Wied Babù, 17.vi.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Rhamnus oleoides, DM ; Marsa, Għammieri , 7.xi.1996, 6 ♀♀ on O. europaea, CF ; Marsa, Għammieri , 24.iii.1997, 4 ♀♀ on O. europaea, CF ; Qawra, 14.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Nerium oleander, CM ; Mdina, 15.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on O. europaea, CM ; Qawra, 14.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on O. europaea, CM ; Attard, San Anton Gardens , 19.v.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Myrtus communis, AR, GM & DM . GOZO, Victoria , 17.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Nerium oleander, CM .