Uhleria araucariae (Maskell, 1879)

Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 499-525 : 513

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494888
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC0D62-C465-FF99-A1F9-AC1CD96620D0
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Uhleria araucariae (Maskell, 1879)
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Uhleria araucariae (Maskell, 1879) View in CoL

Borg (1919; 1932) recorded this species (as Eriococcus araucariae ) as being frequently found on Araucaria excelsa , and that young trees often succumb to heavy attacks. Hoy (1963) and Kozár et al. (2013) included Malta in the distribution range of this species.

Material examined: GOZO, Kercem, Dawara Valley , 16.iii.1994, 8 ♀♀ on Araucaria excelsa, DM .