Phenacoccus madeirensis Green

Pacheco Da Silva, Vitor C., Kaydan, Mehmet Bora & Basso, Cesar, 2020, Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Uruguay: morphological identification and molecular characterization, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4894 (4), pp. 501-520 : 511

Phenacoccus madeirensis Green

Material studied. URUGUAY: Montevideo, ex leaves of Pelargonium hortorum (Geraniaceae) , 34°53’49.6”S 56°07’04.7”W, 28.i.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 22; same city and host, 34°53’27.3”S 56°07’32.8”W, 10.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 38; same city, ex leaves of Fragaria x ananassa ( Rosaceae ), 34°49’44.0”S 56°14’23.3”W, 16.viii.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C. and Martínez, V., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 245; ex leaves of Gynura aurantiaca (Asteraceae) , 34°50’17.3”S 56°13’13.9”W, 28.xii.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 1 adult ♀, VCPS No. 300; ex leaves of Bulbine frutescens (Asphodelaceae) , 34°46’04.9”S 56°14’47.8”W, 5.iii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C. and Martínez, V., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 51; same locality, date and collector, ex leaves of Pelargonium hortorum (Geraniaeceae) , 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 52; ex leaves of Cuphea hyssopifolia (Lythraceae) , 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 53; ex leaves of Lavandula dentata (Lamiaceae) , 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 54; ex leaves of Aeonium sp. ( Crassulaceae ), 4 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 54; ex leaves of Salvia farinacea (Lamiaceae) , 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 60; ex leaves of Chrysanthemum sp. ( Asteraceae ), 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 55; same city, ex leaves of Pelargonium graveolens (Geraniaceae) , 34°50’17.7”S 56°13’13.0”W, 10.xi.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 162; same city, ex leaves of Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae) , 34°49’43.5”S 56°14’22.2”W, 9.iv.2019, coll. Martínez, V., 4 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 187; Sauce, ex leaves of Pelargonium hortorum (Geraniaceae) , 34°37’52.7”S 56°06’25.2”W, 9.viii.2019, coll. Seijas, L., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 247 .

Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 167 species belonging to 51 plant families ( García Morales et al. 2016).

Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions ( García Morales et al. 2016). This is the first record of Ph. madeirensis in Uruguay.