Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 57-58

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green)

Phenacoccus hirsutus Green, 1908: 25.

Iran localities.

Fars, Hormozgan, Sistan & Balouchestan.

Host plants.

Anacardiaceae : Mangifera indica ; Arecaceae : Phoenix dactylifera ; Combretaceae : Terminalia catappa ; Convolvulaceae : Ipomoea sp.; Fabaceae : Acacia arabica , Albizzia sp., Prosopis sp., Prosopis spicigera ; Lythraceae : Lawsonia inermis ; Malvaceae : Hibiscus rosa-sinensis , Hibiscus syriacus ; Moraceae : Ficus riligiosa , Morus alba ; Myrtaceae : Psidium guajava , Syzygium aromaticum ; Rhamnaceae : Ziziphus spina-christi ; Rutaceae : Citrus sinensis ; Salicaceae : Salix sp.; Tamaricaceae : Tamarix sp.

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Fallahzadeh et al. (2007) and Moghaddam (2006, 2009, 2013).

Note.

This is the first record of Maconellicoccus hirsutus from the plant family Tamaricaceae .