Icerya seychellarum ( Westwood, 1855 )

Pellizzari, Giuseppina & Porcelli, Francesco, 2017, Aspidiotus bornmuelleri Lindinger, 1911, rev. comb. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae), a neglected endemic species from Macaronesia, with comments on the genus Cryptophyllaspis, and further notes on the scale insect fauna of Canary Islands, Spain, Zootaxa 4300 (1), pp. 99-110 : 107

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FDAA4663-B9F2-47D9-ADC9-54D4D6F20827
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6010063
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB7C87D2-5B05-FFE9-FF57-FF633133FC4A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Icerya seychellarum ( Westwood, 1855 )
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Icerya seychellarum ( Westwood, 1855) View in CoL

This is a cosmopolitan and highly polyphagous species. Heavily infested leaves of an undetermined plant were collected in Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife) on 30.x.2016. In the Macaronesian area, I. seychellarum has been recorded previously on the island of Madeira ( Franco et al. 2011).

Family Species Distribution Host plant

Pseudococcidae Pseudococcus aridorum Tenerife Argyranthemum frutescens , Cytisus

Lindinger, 1911 prolifer var. palmensis , Trifolium panoramitanum Monophlebidae Palaeococcus tabaybae Tenerife Euphorbia regis-jubae Lindinger, 1919

Diaspididae View in CoL Aonidia campylanthi Tenerife View in CoL Campylanthus salsoloides ( Lindinger, 1911) View in CoL