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 Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan) Aspidiotus dictyospermi Morgan, 1889: 352. Iran localities. Gilan, Mazandaran, Tehran, Zanjan. Host plants. Apiaceae : Actinolema eryngioides ; Arecaceae : Howea forsteriana , Phoenix sp.; Asparagaceae : Beaucarnea recurvata , Dracaena sp.; Buxaceae : Buxus hyrcana ; Fabaceae : Robinia sp.; Moraceae : Ficus benjamina ; Oleaceae : Olea europea ; Pinaceae : Pinus sp.; Rutaceae : Citrus sinensis ; Strelitziaceae : Strelitzia alba ; Theaceae : Camellia sinensis . References. Afchar (1937) , Ben-Dov et al. (2013) , Bodenheimer (1944) , Farahbakhsh (1961) , Kaussari (1946 , 1955 ), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968) , Kozar (1998) , Kozar et al. (1996) , Moghaddam (2004 , 2010 ) and Seghatoleslami (1977) . Notes. These are the first records of Chrysomphalus dictyospermi from the plant families Apiaceae and Asparagaceae .