Ceroplastes rubens Maskell

Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (465), pp. 1-24 : 9

Ceroplastes rubens Maskell ( Fig. 1D )

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca La Porra , 04°40 ′ 13.1 ″ N, 75°44 ′ 34.3 ″ W, 1395 m, 10.xi.2008, coll. A. Arias, ex avocado ‘ Booth 8’, 1 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP) ; Same data except cv. ‘ Booth 7’, 1 ( UVCO) ; same data except coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO) ; Finca Los Alpes , 04°42 ′ 24.8 ″ N, 75°49 ′ 01.0 ″ W, 1194 m, 02.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP) ; Finca Los Alpes , 04°17 ′ 56.0 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 00.0 ″ W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. A. Arias, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth 8’, 1 ( UVCO) ; Same data, except coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( MECP) ; Finca Villa del Sol , 04°42 ′ 06.1 ″ N, 75°50 ′ 00.5 ″ W, 1215 m, 02.xii.2009, coll. A. Arias, J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth 8’, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) ; Same data, except avocado cv. ‘ Trinidad’, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) ; Finca La Pastora , 04°39 ′ 41.6 ″ N, 75°47 ′ 46.6 ″ W, 1240 m, 27.iv.2009, coll. A. Arias, T. Kondo, J. Muñoz, 2 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP) ; Finca La Esmeralda , 04°39 ′ 58.4 ″ N, 75°48 ′ 27.4 ″ W, 1223 m, 02.xii.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) ; Caicedonia: Finca Corinto , 04°17 ′ 04.2 ″ N, 75°51 ′ 53.9 ″ W, 1650 m, 20.iv.2009, coll. A. Arias, T. Kondo, J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) ; Finca Las Margaritas , 04°17 ′ 37.1 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 18.0 ″ W, 1352 m, 26.v.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth’, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) ; same data except coll. avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’) ; Palmira: Rozo, Finca Brasil , 03°36 ′ 36.0 ″ N, 76°25 ′ 08.5 ″ W, 967 m, 10.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, 2 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP) ; Same data except 19.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO) ; Ulloa: Finca La Catalina , 04°41 ′ 38.8 ″ N, 75°45 ′ 10.4 ″ W, 1301 m, 04.v.2009, coll., T. Kondo, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) .

Distribution. Afrotropical: Kenya, Reunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar. Australasian: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia (Tahiti), Guam, Hawaiian Islands (Hawaii), Indonesia (Java), Kiribati; New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau; Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Western Samoa. Nearctic: USA. Neotropical: Colombia, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico. Oriental: China, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam. Palaearctic: China, Egypt, Hungary, Japan, South Korea ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).

Remarks. We found the red wax scale, C. rubens on the upper surface of leaves of ‘Booth 7’, ‘Booth 8’, ‘Choquette’, ‘Lorena’ and ‘Trinidad’ cultivars. This species was recorded for the first time in Colombia on leaves of the ornamental plants Philodendron sp. and Aglaonema sp. ( Araliaceae ) (Kondo 2008).

Figures

Figure 1. Common scale insects on avocado trees. Diaspididae: A. Hemiberlesia cyanophylli (Signoret) on fruit of ‘Hass’ cultivar; B. H. cyanophylli on leaf; C. Pseudoparlatoria parlatorioides (Comstock) on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; Coccidae: D. Ceroplastes rubens Maskell on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; E. Coccus hesperidum L. on leaf of guava; F. Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; G. Pulvinaria psidii Maskell on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; H. Saissetia neglecta De Lotto on Erythrina sp.; Pseudococcidae: I. Ferrisia williamsi Kaydan and Gullan on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar. Photos by T. Kondo.