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 Saissetia neglecta De Lotto ( Fig. 1H ) Material studied. Colombia . Valle del Cauca : Alcalá : Finca La Porra , 04°40 ′ 13.1 ″ N , 75°44 ′ 34.3 ″ W , 1395 m , 10.xi.2008 , coll. A. Arias , J. Muñoz , 1 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) ; Finca Los Alpes , 04°42 ′ 24.8 ″ N , 75°49 ′ 01.0 ″ W , 1194 m , 02.xii.2008 , coll. A. Arias , J. Muñoz , 1 ( UVCO ), 2 ( MECP ) ; Finca Villa del Sol , 04°42 ′ 06.1 ″ N , 75°50 ′ 00.5 ″ W , 1215 m , 02.xii.2008 , coll. J. Muñoz , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’ ), 2 ( UVCO ), 3 ( MECP ) ; Finca La Pastora , 04°39 ′ 41.6 ″ N , 75°47 ′ 46.6 ″ W , 1240 m , 27.iv.2009 , coll. J. Muñoz , 1 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) . Caicedonia : Finca La Cabaña , 04°17 ′ 43.8 ″ N , 75°50 ′ 39.4 ″ W , 1705 m , 09.ii.2009 , coll. T. Kondo , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’ ), 2 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) ; Finca Corinto , 04°17 ′ 04.2 ″ N , 75°51 ′ 53.9 ″ W , 1650 m , 20.iv.2009 , coll. J. Muñoz , 1 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) ; Finca El Chaquiro , 04°17 ′ 00.0 ″ N , 75°51 ′ 24.7 ″ W , 1651 m ; Finca Las Margaritas , 04°17 ′ 37.1 ″ N , 75°53 ′ 18.0 ″ W , 1352 m , coll. J. Muñoz , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’ ), 1 ( UVCO ) . Palmira : Rozo , Finca Brasil , 03°36 ′ 36.0 ″ N , 76°25 ′ 08.5 ″ W , 967 m , 10.xii.2008 , coll. A. Arias , 1 ( MECP ) . Ulloa : Finca La Catalina , 04°41 ′ 38.8 ″ N , 75°45 ′ 10.4 ″ W , 1301 m , 04.v.2009 , coll. J. Muñoz , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’ ), 1 ( UVCO ) . Distribution. Australasian: Vanuatu . Nearctic: Mexico , USA . Neotropical: Argentina , Belize , Bermuda , Colombia , Costa Rica , Cuba , El Salvador , Galapagos Islands, Guadeloupe, Guatemala , Honduras , Panama , Puerto Rico , Saint Lucia, U.S. Virgin Islands , Venezuela . Oriental: Hong Kong ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015 ). Remarks. In the present study, the Caribbean black scale, S. neglecta was commonly found on twigs of ‘Booth 8’, ‘Lorena’, ‘Santana’ and ‘Trinidad’ cultivars.