Ceroplastes centroroseus Chen, 1974

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Ceroplastes centroroseus Chen, 1974

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Ceroplastes centroroseus Chen, 1974: 325 ; Yang, 1982: 187; Wang, 2001: 391.

Paracerostegia centroroseus (Chen) ; Tang, 1991: 305.

Material examined. All from YUNNAN, Kunming: 8 ♀♀, on Caulis mucunae ( Fabaceae ), 26. iv. 2011, coll. Haibin Li; 4 ♀♀, on Fatsia japonica (Araliaceae) , 30.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang; 1 ♀, on Hedera helix (Araliaceae) , 29. iv. 2013, coll. Xubo Wang; 7 ♀♀, on Magnolia delavayi (Magnoliaceae) , 30. iv. 2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang; 2 ♀♀, on M. grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) , 29.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang; 6 ♀♀, on Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae) , 30.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang.

Distribution in China. Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Host-plants. Ilex cornuta (Aquifoliaceae) ; Fatsia japonica , Hedera helix (Araliaceae) , Caulis mucunae ( Fabaceae ); Yucca sp. ( Liliaceae ); Magnolia delavayi , M. grandiflora (Magnoliaceae) ; Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae) ; Osmanthus fragrans (Oleaceae) ; Pinus yunnanensis (Pinaceae) ; Citrus sinensis , C. limon , C. reticulata (Rutaceae) ; Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) .

Biology. Ceroplastes centroroseus has one generation per year on Pinus yunnanensis in Panzhihua , Sichuan Province, where it overwinters as mated adult females and reproduces bisexually. Both immature and imago stages live on coniferous leaves ( Tang et al. 1998).

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FIGURES 1–6. Live appearances. (1) C. centroroseus Chen, on Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae), Yunnan, Kunming; (2) C. ceriferus (Fabricius), on Diospyros kaki (Ebenaceae), Beijing; (3) C. cirripediformis Comstock, on Duranta repens cv. variegata (Verbenaceae), Yunnan, Xishuangbanna; (4) C. floridensis Comstock, on Cinnamomum japonicum (Lauraceae), Fujian, Yongan; (5) C. japonicus (Green), on Platanus acerifolia (Platanaceae), Beijing; (6) C. kunmingensis (Tang & Xie), on Magnolia grandiflora (Magnoliaceae), Yunnan, Dali.