Ceroplastes stellifer (Westwood) — stellate scale (Fig. 1, A)

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (including the Lesser Antilles), Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 23 families, with a preference for palms and orchids; an occasional pest of ornamental plants. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Walters (1926) and Malumphy (2012, on Orchidaceae).

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay, on Ixora, 22.viii.2013, and Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae), 25.viii.2013 . Intercepted in the UK (Herefordshire, nursery), on Dypsis lutescens (Arecaceae), 15.ix.1993, leg. Hardy.