Chionaspis citri Comstock, 1883: 100 Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia Mille, Christian Henderson, Rosa C. Cazères, Sylvie Jourdan, Hervé Zoosystema 2016 2016-06-30 38 2 129 176 7DHRJ (Comstock, 1883) Comstock 1883 [962,1306,1341,1367] Insecta Diaspididae Unaspis Animalia Hemiptera 15 144 Arthropoda species citri      Chionaspis citri Comstock, 1883: 100.  MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 28.IV.2002, on leaves of  Citrussp., S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Hendersondet. ( NZAC); Païta County (Karikaté), 2.IV.2013, P. Bouyé & A. Chan coll., on branch of  C. sinensiscultivar  Valencia Late(CXMNC). PUBLISHED RECORDSIN NEW CALEDONIA. — The species has been present since 1928 ( Williams & Watson 1988a) and was recorded by Cohic (1956, 1958a).  DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — All over the New Caledonian Archipelago. OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan. HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. —  Citrusspp. BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. —  Aphytis chrysomphali( Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) and the entomopathogenic fungus  Fusarium coccidicola(Fungi, Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) ( Cohic 1956, 1958a).  NOTES. — This is the most economically important scale insect in New Caledonia, despite the presence of  A. chrysomphali. At least four summer oil applications must be sprayed per year to control  U. citri.