Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia Author Kondo, Takumasa Author Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana text Insecta Mundi 2016 2016-01-22 2016 465 1 24 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.4645809 1942-1354 4645809 D87176BB-292D-4A7C-B106-EEC015A66561 Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell) Material studied. Colombia . Valle del Cauca : Caicedonia : Finca El Chaquiro , 04°17 ′ 00.0 ″ N , 75°51 ′ 24.7 ″ W , 1651 m , 02.iii.2009 , coll. T. Kondo , J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth’ , 1 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) ; Finca Corinto , 04°17 ′ 04.2 ″ N , 75°51 ′ 53.9 ″ W , 1650 m , 20.iv.2009 , coll. J. Muñoz , 2 ( UVCO ), 2 ( MECP ) ; Finca El Jardín , 04°18 ′ 18.4 ″ N , 75°51 ′ 00.0 ″ W , 1622 m , 16.ii.2009 , coll. A. Arias , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 7 ( UVCO ), 2 ( MECP ) . Distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015 ). Remarks. Nipaecoccus nipae was found on the underside of leaves of ‘Booth’ and ‘Lorena’ cultivars.