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