Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret, 1869)

Beltran-Moreno, Maholy, Llacctas, Anali, Huanca, Javier & Evans, Gregory, 2025, A survey of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) on avocados, olives, and grapes in the Peruvian region of Arequipa, ZooKeys 1257, pp. 91-125 : 91-125

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1257.163722

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DAD822F2-E640-4340-9BA3-1FF194A51349

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17468133

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8796D235-690A-59CB-9978-123E05439209

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scientific name

Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret, 1869)
status

 

Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret, 1869)

Suppl. material 1: fig. S 9 A, B

Distribution.

Peru: Camana.

Examined material.

5 adult females, ex Persea americana , Camana 28/02/2020, J Jihuallanca ; • 5 adult females, ex Vitis vinifera , Camana , 19/08/2021, A Llacctas .

Remarks.

Marin-Loayza and Cisneros (1982) reported this species on avocados from the central coast of Peru. Collantes and Rodriguez (2022) recorded P. aspidistrae on avocados in Valle de Cañete, Lima, Peru. Our study found this species on avocados, and grapes from Arequipa. Wolff et al. (2018) reported it on olives in Brazil.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Coccoidea

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Pinnaspis