Ceroplastes centroroseus Chen, 1974

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Ceroplastes centroroseus Chen, 1974: 325; Yang, 1982: 187; Wang, 2001: 391.

Paracerostegia centroroseus (Chen); Tang, 1991: 305.

Material examined. All from YUNNAN, Kunming: 8 ♀♀, on Caulis mucunae ( Fabaceae), 26. iv. 2011, coll. Haibin Li; 4 ♀♀, on Fatsia japonica (Araliaceae), 30.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang; 1 ♀, on Hedera helix (Araliaceae), 29. iv. 2013, coll. Xubo Wang; 7 ♀♀, on Magnolia delavayi (Magnoliaceae), 30. iv. 2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang; 2 ♀♀, on M. grandiflora (Magnoliaceae), 29.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang; 6 ♀♀, on Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae), 30.iv.2013, coll. Jun Deng, Xubo Wang & Xu Zhang.

Distribution in China. Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Host-plants. Ilex cornuta (Aquifoliaceae); Fatsia japonica, Hedera helix (Araliaceae), Caulis mucunae ( Fabaceae); Yucca sp. ( Liliaceae); Magnolia delavayi, M. grandiflora (Magnoliaceae); Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae); Osmanthus fragrans (Oleaceae); Pinus yunnanensis (Pinaceae); Citrus sinensis, C. limon, C. reticulata (Rutaceae); Camellia sinensis (Theaceae) .

Biology. Ceroplastes centroroseus has one generation per year on Pinus yunnanensis in Panzhihua, Sichuan Province, where it overwinters as mated adult females and reproduces bisexually. Both immature and imago stages live on coniferous leaves (Tang et al. 1998).