Lepidosaphes rubrovittata Cockerell — guava scale

Occurs widely in tropical Asia and the Pacific, and in parts of the Caribbean and Central America; polyphagous, feeding on plants in 8 families. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Malumphy (2012, misspelt in part as L. rubrovitatta) on Annona muricata . In addition to the new record below Lepidosaphes rubrovittata was intercepted in the UK (Herefordshire, nursery), on Dypsis lutescens, 9.ix.1993 and 15.ix.1993, leg. Hardy.

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay, on Psidium guajava, 19.viii.2013 .