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 coffeae (Walker) 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 ), 2 ( MECP ) ; Finca Los Alpes , 04°17 ′ 56 ″ N , 75°53 ′ 00 ″ W , 1376 m , 28.x.2008 , coll. J. Muñoz , ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth 8’, 1 ( UVCO ) ; Hacienda La Polonia , 04°40 ′ 09.8 ″ N , 75°45 ′ 14.1 ″ W , 1369 m , 31.x.2008 , coll. T. Kondo , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’ ), 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. ‘ Booth’ , 2 ( UVCO ), 1 ( MECP ) ; Finca Corinto , 04°17 ′ 04.2 ″ N , 75°51 ′ 53.9 ″ W , 1650 m , 20.iv.2009 , coll. J. Muñoz , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’ ), 2 ( UVCO ), 2 ( MECP ) ; Finca Las Margaritas , 04°17 ′ 37.1 ″ N , 75°53 ′ 18.0 ″ W , 1352 m , 26.v.2009 , coll. J. Muñoz , ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’ ), (2 ( UVCO ), 3 ( MECP ). Distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Ben-Dov et al. 2015 ). Remarks. The hemispherical scale, S. coffeae was found on both leaf surfaces of avocados of ‘Booth’ and ‘Lorena’ cultivars.