Parlatoria crypta McKenzie

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 : 40

Parlatoria crypta McKenzie

Parlatoria crypta McKenzie, 1943: 156. Parlatoria morrisoni , McKenzie, 1943.

Iran localities.

Bushehr, Fars, Hormozgan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khouzestan, Sistan & Balouchestan.

Host plants.

Anacardiaceae : Mangifera indica ; Apocynaceae : Calotropis procera ; Nerium oleander ; Arecaceae : Phoenix dactylifera ; Asparagaceae : Yucca baccata ; Boraginaceae : Cordia sp.; Convolvulaceae : Ipomoea sp.; Fabaceae : Acacia sp., Albizzia lebbek , Glycyrrhiza glabra , Indigofera argentea ;: Lythraceae : Lawsonia inermis ; Meliaceae : Melia azadirachta ; Moraceae : Ficus bengalensis ; Morus alba ; Myrtaceae : Myrtus communis ; Oleaceae : Fraxinus excelsior , Olea europea ; Polygonaceae : Calligonum comosum ; Rhamnaceae : Ziziphus spina-christi ; Rosaceae : Malus domestica , Pyrus communis , Rosa sp.; Rutaceae : Citrus limonia .

References.

Balachowsky (1953), Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Borchsenius (1966), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1955, 1970), Kozár (1998), Matile-Ferrero (1984), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

These are the first records of Parlatoria crypta from the plant families Asclepiadaceae , Asparagaceae , Boraginaceae , Convolvulaceae , Fabaceae , Lythraceae , Polygonaceae and Rhamnaceae .