Ceroplastes destructor Newstead, 1917

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 : 132

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2016n2a1
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ceroplastes destructor Newstead, 1917
status

Treatment

Ceroplastes destructor Newstead, 1917 View in CoL

Ceroplastes destructor Newstead, 1917: 26 View in CoL .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Païta County, 3.IX.2004, on twigs of Argophyllum sp., C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County ( IAC, SRFP, Pocquereux Fruit Research Station), 21.VIII.2007, on Cupaniopsis sp., J. Brinon coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. ( NZAC, CXMNC);Belep Archipelago (Art Island, Plateau Nord), on an unknown plant, 27.VIII.2009, C. Mille coll., S. Cazères det. ( CXMNC); Mont-Dore County (Plum, Col du Crève- Coeur), 19.II.2013, on the twigs of an unknown plant, H. Jourdan coll.; Pouembout County (Tiea), on twigs of Maytenus fournieri , 11.III.2013, S. Lebegin & B. Naré coll., S. Cazères det. ( CXMNC).

PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Mille (2011).

DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Grande Terre (Païta, La Foa, Mont-Dore, Pouembout counties, Belep Archipelago).

HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Annona spp., Citrus spp., Mangifera indica , Persea americana , Psidium spp. ( Mille 2011).

OTHER RECORDS. — Australasia, Africa, South-East Asia, Indian Ocean.

NOTE. — Apparently a recent arrival as it was not recorded in previous catalogues. Not rated as an economic species; very rare.