Planococcus ficus (Signoret, 1875)

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 : 516

Planococcus ficus (Signoret, 1875)

Borg (1919) recorded this species as Dactylopius vitis Niedl. Borg (1932) recorded it under two different names: Pseudococcus vitis (Mendel) Leon. and P. ficus Fern .. For P. vitis , he stated that it was found on grape vines at Wied Qannotta, Fiddien and other non-specified locations, and for the latter name he reported it as frequent on the fruit and foliage of the common fig. The species was reported again from Malta by Mifsud & Watson (1999) and Mifsud et al. (2012).

Material examined: MALTA, Bir id-Deheb, 22.iv.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Vitis vinifera, DM ; Bingemma, 4.xii.2003, 2 ♀♀ on V. vinifera, DM ; Siggiewi, 28.vii.2009, 5 ♀♀ on Ceratonia siliqua, DM .