An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data
Author
Moghaddam, Masumeh
text
ZooKeys
2013
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.334.5818
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.334.5818
1313-2970-334-1
Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock
Ceroplastes floridensis
Comstock, 1881: 331.
Iran localities.
Ardabil, Fars, Gilan, Mazandaran.
Host plants.
Araliaceae
:
Hedera pastuchowii
;
Ebenaceae
:
Diospyros kaki
;
Moraceae
:
Ficus benjamina
;
Pinaceae
:
Cedrus
sp.;
Rosaceae
:
Cydonia oblonga
;
Rutaceae
:
Citrus sinensis
;
Taxodiaceae
:
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
.
References.
Ben-Dov et al. (2013)
,
Farahbakhsh (1961)
,
Kaussari (1957)
,
Kozar
(1998)
,
Kozar
et al. (1996)
and
Moghaddam (2009
,
2010
).
Notes.
These are the first records of
Ceroplastes floridensis
from plant families
Moraceae
and
Taxodiaceae
.