Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti, 1867)

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 : 516

Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti, 1867)

Recorded by Borg (1932) (as Pseudococcus adonidum (Targioni Tozzetti)) as common on many plants, especially in greenhouses. The species was reported again by Mifsud & Watson (1999), when extensive damage to Citrus , Prunus and Ficus spp. was observed, and by Mifsud et al. (2012).

Material examined: MALTA, Rabat, 12.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Euonymus sp. , CC; Rabat, 12.iii.1994, 4 ♀♀ on Cycas revoluta, GW ; Żejtun, 29.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on Ficus nitida, DM ; Mosta, 15.iv.1997, 1 ♀ on C. revoluta, CF ; Marsa, Għammieri, 15.ix.1997, 4 ♀♀ on C. revoluta, CF ; Valletta, Upper Barrakka Gardens, 12.ii.2012, 4 ♀♀ on Pittosporum tobira, CM ; Qawra, 13.ii.2012, 11 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis , P. tobira , Nerium oleander , Schinus terebinthifolius , Viburnum sp. , Bougainvillea sp. , CM. GOZO, Victoria, 16.iii.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Coprosina sp. DM; Kercem, Dawara Valley, 16.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis, SA ; Victoria, 14.ii.2012, 3 ♀♀ on P. tobira, CM ; Floriana, St. Philip’s Garden, 18.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on P. tobira, CM.