An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data Author Moghaddam, Masumeh text ZooKeys 2013 334 1 92 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.334.5818 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.334.5818 1313-2970-334-1 Acanthopulvinaria orientalis (Nazonov) Pulvinaria orientalis Nasonov, 1908: 493. Iran localities. Esfahan, Hamadan, Golestan, Kerman, Khorasan -e Shomali, Sistan & Balouchestan. Host plants. Amaranthaceae : Halocnemum strobilaceum , Haloxylon sp., Noaea mucronata , Salsola oppositifolia ; Asteraceae : Achillea sp., Artemisia sp.; Rosaceae : Prunus lycioides ; Tamaricaceae : Tamarix sp. References. Ben-Dov et al. (2013) , Kozar (1998) , Kozar et al. (1996) , Moghaddam (2009 , 2010 ), Moghaddam and Tavakoli (2010) . Notes. This is the first record for Acanthopulvinaria orientalis from the plant family Rosaceae .