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 Lindingaspis rossi (Maskell) Material studied. Colombia . Valle del Cauca : Alcalá : Finca Santacruz , 04°39 ′ 47.1 ″ N , 75°48 ′ 20.7 ″ W , 1223 m , 27.iv.2009 , coll. T. Kondo , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) ; Caicedonia : Finca La Cabaña , 04°17 ′ 43.8 ″ N , 75°50 ′ 39.4 ″ W , 1705 m , 09.ii.2009 , coll. J. Muñoz , ex avocado cv . ‘Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ); Palmira : Rozo , Finca Brasil , 03°36 ′ 36.0 ″ N , 76°25 ′ 08.5 ″ W , 967 m , 10.xii.2008 , coll. A. Arias , J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘Lorena’), 1 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) ; Same data except 03°38 ′ 51.1 ″ N , 76°06 ′ 14.7 ″ W , 1925 m , 19.xii.2008 , coll. J. Muñoz , 2 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) . Distribution. Afrotropical: Angola , Cameroon , Guinea , Mauritius , Mozambique , Reunion , Sierra Leone , South Africa , Tanzania , Togo , Zimbabwe . Australasian: Australia , Hawaii, New Caledonia , New Zealand , Norfolk Island , Western Samoa . Nearctic: Mexico , USA . Neotropical: Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Peru . Oriental: India , Philippines , Sri Lanka , Taiwan . Palaearctic: Azores, China , Egypt , Japan , Madeira Islands , Portugal , Sicily, Spain ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015 ). The araucaria black scale, L. rossi was originally described on araucaria in Australia , but since then it has been recorded from many tropical countries and temperate regions ( Williams and Watson 1988a ). Remarks. Lindingaspis rossi was found on the underside of leaves of the ‘Lorena’ variety. This species has been recorded on a wide range of plants, often causing chlorosis and in some cases defoliation ( Williams and Watson 1988a ). This is the first record of L. rossi from Colombia .