Saissetia neglecta De Lotto, 1969

Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, Insecta Mundi 2016 (465), pp. 1-24 : 11

Saissetia neglecta De Lotto ( Fig. 1H )

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca La Porra , 04°40 ′ 13.1 ″ N, 75°44 ′ 34.3 ″ W, 1395 m, 10.xi.2008, coll. A. Arias, J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) ; Finca Los Alpes , 04°42 ′ 24.8 ″ N, 75°49 ′ 01.0 ″ W, 1194 m, 02.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) ; Finca Villa del Sol , 04°42 ′ 06.1 ″ N, 75°50 ′ 00.5 ″ W, 1215 m, 02.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 2 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP) ; Finca La Pastora , 04°39 ′ 41.6 ″ N, 75°47 ′ 46.6 ″ W, 1240 m, 27.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) . Caicedonia: Finca La Cabaña , 04°17 ′ 43.8 ″ N, 75°50 ′ 39.4 ″ W, 1705 m, 09.ii.2009, coll. T. Kondo, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 2 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) ; Finca Corinto , 04°17 ′ 04.2 ″ N, 75°51 ′ 53.9 ″ W, 1650 m, 20.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) ; Finca El Chaquiro , 04°17 ′ 00.0 ″ N, 75°51 ′ 24.7 ″ W, 1651 m ; Finca Las Margaritas , 04°17 ′ 37.1 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 18.0 ″ W, 1352 m, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO) . Palmira: Rozo, Finca Brasil , 03°36 ′ 36.0 ″ N, 76°25 ′ 08.5 ″ W, 967 m, 10.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, 1 ( MECP) . Ulloa: Finca La Catalina , 04°41 ′ 38.8 ″ N, 75°45 ′ 10.4 ″ W, 1301 m, 04.v.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO) .

Distribution. Australasian: Vanuatu. Nearctic: Mexico, USA. Neotropical: Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Galapagos Islands, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela. Oriental: Hong Kong ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).

Remarks. In the present study, the Caribbean black scale, S. neglecta was commonly found on twigs of ‘Booth 8’, ‘Lorena’, ‘Santana’ and ‘Trinidad’ cultivars.

Figures

Figure 1. Common scale insects on avocado trees. Diaspididae: A. Hemiberlesia cyanophylli (Signoret) on fruit of ‘Hass’ cultivar; B. H. cyanophylli on leaf; C. Pseudoparlatoria parlatorioides (Comstock) on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; Coccidae: D. Ceroplastes rubens Maskell on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; E. Coccus hesperidum L. on leaf of guava; F. Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; G. Pulvinaria psidii Maskell on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar; H. Saissetia neglecta De Lotto on Erythrina sp.; Pseudococcidae: I. Ferrisia williamsi Kaydan and Gullan on leaf of ‘Lorena’ cultivar. Photos by T. Kondo.