* Howardia biclavis (Comstock) — burrowing scale

Occurs widely in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 78 families; an economic pest of many woody ornamentals. This species is highly cryptic, often feeding beneath the host’s epidermis.

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay, Mount Pimard, abundant on bark of? Acacia, 25.viii.2013 , and Ixora, 27.vii.2013. Intercepted in the UK (London) on A. muricata, 25.v.2014, leg. J. Pollock.