Entomological Communications (Jul 2023)

Scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha: Diaspididae, and Pseudococcidae) found on Myrciaria dubia in Pará State, Brazil

  • Aloyséia C. S. Noronha,
  • Vera R. S. Wolff,
  • Vitor C. P. Silva,
  • Ruth H. S. Santos,
  • Mehmet B. Kaydan,
  • Walnice M. O. Nascimento,
  • Fábio L. Gurgel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec05010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5

Abstract

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The present study aimed to report the occurrence of scale insects, namely Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758), Ischnaspis longirostris (Signoret, 1882), Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret, 1869) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), and Nipaecoccus filicis Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992 (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on plants of Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh (Myrtaceae) in the experimental fields of Embrapa Amazônia Oriental in the municipalities of Belém and Tomé-Açu, Pará State, Brazil. This is the first report of these species on M. dubia, as well as of N. filicis in Brazil.

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