The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago Author Mifsud, David Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. david.a.mifsud@um.edu.mt Author Mazzeo, Gaetana Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy. Author Russo, Agatino Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy. Author Watson, Gillian W. Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U. S. A. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-25 3866 4 499 525 journal article 4339 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3 a8118ca5-6988-4abd-8bb7-f0ef0020a93f 1175-5326 4930613 362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus, 1758 Borg (1898 ; 1919 ; 1922a: 83 ) recorded this scale (as Lecanium hesperidum ) as fairly common on citrus trees. Borg (1932) recorded it as “frequent and often common in summer on Citrus trees. Found also on several ornamental trees and climbers”, whereas Saliba (1963) stated that it was occasionally found on mulberry. Coccus hesperidum was recorded again by Farrugia (1998) and Mifsud et al. (2012) . Material examined: MALTA , Żejtun , 10.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on Citrus limon , DM ; Żejtun , 11.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on C. sinensis , DM ; Mosta , 12.iii.1994 , 2 ♀♀ on C. sinensis , SC ; Burmarrad , 14.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on Chamerops sp., DM ; Bir id-Deheb, 20.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on Eriobotrya japonica , DM ; Marsa , 21.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on Nerium oleander , DM ; Żejtun , 29.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on Ficus nitida , DM ; Wied Babù , 17.iv.1994 , 1 ♀ on Rhamnus oleoides , DM ; Marsa , Għammieri , 7.iii.1995 , 3 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis , DM ; Marsa , Għammieri , 12.xi.1996 , 2 ♀♀ on Nerium oleander , CF ; Marsa , Għammieri , 5.iii.1997 , 1 ♀ on C. aurantium , CF ; Marsa , Għammieri , 3.iv.1997 , 3 ♀♀ on C. aurantium , CF ; Valletta , Upper Barrakka Gardens , 13.ii.2012 , 2 ♀♀ on Cycas sp. , CM ; Valletta , Upper Barrakka Gardens , 13.ii.2012 , 4 ♀♀ on L. nobilis , CM ; Bugibba , 14.ii.2014 , 2 ♀♀ on Citrus sinensis , CM ; Qawra , 14.ii.2014 , 2 ♀♀ on L. nobilis , CM ; Qawra , 15.ii.2014 , 2 ♀♀ on Schinus terebinthifolius , CM ; Mdina , 15.ii.2012 , 1 ♀ on C. limon , CM ; Mdina , 15.ii.2014 , 2 ♀♀ on C. sinensis , CM ; Attard , San Anton Gardens , 19.v.2012 , 4 ♀♀ on Citrus , AR, DM & GM . GOZO , Kercem , Dawara Valley , 16.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on L. nobilis , SA ; Kercem , Dawara Valley , 16.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on C. sinensis , GW .