Ischnaspis longirostris ( Signoret, 1882 )

Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 129-176 : 140-141

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scientific name	Ischnaspis longirostris ( Signoret, 1882 )
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Ischnaspis longirostris ( Signoret, 1882) View in CoL

Mytilaspis longirostris Signoret, 1882 : XXXV.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Nouméa County, 21.IX.2004, on leaves of Ficus benjamina, C. Mille coll .; La Foa County (Nili), 1.VII.2008, on leaves of Olea europea, C. Mille coll .; both Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Cohic (1956, 1958a); Brun & Chazeau (1986).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre (La Foa and Nouméa counties).

OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Found on Monstera deliciosa ( Cohic 1956; Brun & Chazeau 1986) and on Ficus benjamina var. “ variegata ” ( Mille 2011), recently found of Olea europea . It is also recorded on Citrus spp. ( García et al. 2015).

NOTE. — Can sporadically develop heavy infestations, especially on F. benjamina , but is rated as a non-economic species.