Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti)

Malumphy, Chris, 2014, An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 69-86 : 78

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti) — white peach scale ( Fig. 1 , F)

Cosmopolitan; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 89 families; a major pest of fruit trees and many woody ornamental plants. Recorded from Saint Lucia by CABI (1996b) and Malumphy (2012).

Collection data. Gros-Islet Parish: Rodney Bay , abundant on Nerium oleander , 21-22.viii.2013 .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Examples of scale insect pests in Saint Lucia. A, Ceroplastes stellifer; B, Philephedra broadwayi on soursop; C, Duplachionaspis divergens on grass; D, Fiorinia proboscidaria on lime; E, Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli on oleander; F, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona; G, Crypticerya genistae; H, Insignorthezia insignis; I, Lepidosaphes tokionis on croton; J, Pinnaspis strachani on soursop; K, Praelongorthezia praelonga on sea grape; L, Ferrisia dasylii on croton; M, Ferrisia virgata and other mealybugs on sugar apple; N, Nipaecoccus nipae on palm; O, Planococcus minor on croton. © C. Malumphy, except B, D, F, FERA