Dorthesia citri
Pseudococcus citri
An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data
Moghaddam, Masumeh
ZooKeys
2013
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Risso
Insecta
Pseudococcidae
Planococcus
CoL
Animalia
Planococcus citri
Hemiptera
59
60
Arthropoda
species
citri
Dorthesia citriRisso, 1813: 416. Pseudococcus citriCockerell, 1902.
Iran localities. Fars, Gilan, Golestan, Khouzestan, Markazi, Mazandaran, Tehran.
Hostplants. Apocynaceae: Adenium obesum, Nerium oleander; Arecaceae: Chamacyparis lawsoniana; Caryophyllaceae: Dianthus barbatus; Crassulaceae: Crassulasp.; Cupressaceae: Cupressussp.; Ebenaceae: Diospyros kaki; Euphorbiaceae: Codiaeum variegatum, Euphorbia pulcherrima; Moraceae: Ficus benjamina, Ficus carica, Ficus elastica, Morus alba; Oleaceae: Forsythia intermedia, Fraxinus excelsior; Platanaceae: Platanus orientalis; Poaceae: Oryza sativa; Rutaceae: Citrus bigaradia, Citrus sinensis; Rosaceae: Rosasp.; Strelitziaceae: Strelitzia alba.
References. Afchar (1937), Asadeh and Mosaddegh (1991), Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kozaret al. (1996), Moghaddam (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013), William and Moghaddam (1999).
Note. These are the first records of Planococcus citrifrom the plant families Caryophyllaceae, Crassulaceaeand Cupressaceae.