Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan)

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 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4645809
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D87176BB-292D-4A7C-B106-EEC015A66561
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4645903
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3414244A-6D09-ED06-FF13-CD071422FC60
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan)
status

Treatment

Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan) View in CoL

Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca La Polonia , 04°40 ′ 09.8 ″ N, 75°45 ′ 14.1 ″ W, 1369 m, 31.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO), 1 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Finca La Porra , 04°40 ′ 13.1 ″ N, 75°44 ′ 34.3 ″ W, 1395 m, 10.xi.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 2 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Finca Los Alpes , 04°42 ′ 24.8 ″ N, 75°49 ′ 01.0 ″ W, 1194 m, 02.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth’, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Finca Los Alpes , 04°17 ′ 56.0 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 00.0 ″ W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. not determined, 2 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Caicedonia: Finca El Palmar , 04°17 ′ 56.0 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 00.0 ″ W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth 7’, 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Same data except, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth 8’, 2 ( MECP) ; Same data except, 4.xi.2008, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( MECP) ; Same data except 28.x.2008, coll. A. Arias, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO) ; Finca Las Margaritas , 04°17 ′ 37.1 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 18.0 ″ W, 1352 m, 26.v.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 2 ( UVCO), 3 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Finca El Chaquiro , 04°17 ′ 00.0 ″ N, 75°51 ′ 24.7 ″ W, 1651 m, 02.iii.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth 8’, 2 ( UVCO), 4 ( MECP) GoogleMaps ; Same data except ex avocado cv. ‘ Hass’, 1 ( UVCO) ; El Cerrito: Finca La Alvecia , 03°38 ′ 51.1 ″ N, 76°06 ′ 14.7 ″ W, 1925 m, 19.xii.2008, coll. A. Arias, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO), 2 ( MECP) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015).

Remarks. Chrysomphalus dictyospermi was found on the twigs of the following cultivars: ‘Booth 7’, ‘Booth 8’, ‘Hass’, ‘Lorena’, and an undetermined cultivar. This species is a serious pest of citrus, avocados and many tropical and subtropical plants ( Miller and Davidson 2005).