Diaspidiotus transcaspiensis (Marlatt)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 24

Diaspidiotus transcaspiensis (Marlatt)

Aspidiotus (Diaspidiotus) transcaspiensis Marlatt, 1908: 21.

Iran localities.

Esfahan, Golestan, Kerman.

Host plants.

Rosaceae : Cotoneaster kotschyi , Prunus armeniaca ; Fagaceae : Quercus castaneifolia ; Salicaceae : Populus sp.

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1955), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

This is the first record of Diaspidiotus transcaspiensis from the plant family Rosaceae .