* Philephedra tuberculosa Nakahara & Gill

A Neotropical species that has been spreading rapidly in the Caribbean region in recent years; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 26 families, including many crop and ornamental plants. A major pest of croton and other ornamentals.

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay, abundant female scales with oviscas on Codiaeum variagatum (Euphorbiaceae), and unidentified herbaceous ornamental plants, 25.viii.2013 .