Scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) of New Zealand’s pygmy mistletoes (Korthalsella: Viscaceae) with description of three new species: Leucaspis albotecta, L. trilobata (Diaspididae) and Eriococcus korthalsellae (Eriococcidae)
Author
Henderson, Rosa C.
Author
Sultan, Amir
Author
Robertson, Alastair W.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2644
1
24
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.198660
23f02592-d15e-4a6c-9956-f461513cd861
1175-5326
198660
Family
Pseudococcidae
Paracoccus glaucus
(Maskell)
. This native mealybug has been recorded on 25 native plant species in 22 genera from 20 families (including a fern and a club moss species) (
Cox 1987
,
Plant and Food 2010
). Cultivated species infested include grapefruit (
Citrus
x
paradisi
) (
Cox 1987
). In the present study it was recorded on
K. lindsayi
which is a new host record for this species.
Material examined:
NEW
ZEALAND
,
WA
, Oporua (east of Lake Wairarapa), on
Korthalsella lindsayi
,
27 February
, 2010, A. Sultan.