Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret)

Dactylopius indicus Signoret, 1875: 317. Pseudococcus affinis Fernald, 1903. Pseudococcus fathyi Bodenheimer, 1944.

Iran localities.

Esfahan, Gilan, Tehran.

Host plants.

Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus blitum; Araceae: Dieffenbachia sp., Phoenix sp.; Bignoniaceae: Catalpa speciosa; Buxaceae: Buxus hyrcana; Cupressaceae: Cupressus sp.; Euphorbiaceae: Codiaeum variegatum; Fabaceae: Albizzia sp., Cercis siliquastrum; Ginkgoaceae: Ginko biloba; Lythraceae: Punica granatum; Moraceae: Ficus carica, Morus alba; Rosaceae: Rosa sp.; Solanaceae: Solanum tuberosum; Theaceae: Camellia sinensis; Vitaceae: Vitis persica .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Ben-Dov (1994), Bodenheimer (1944), Kozár et al. (1996) and Moghaddam (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013).

Note.

These are the first records of Pseudococcus viburni from the plant families Amaranthaceae and Ginkgoaceae .