Parlatoria crypta McKenzie, 1943

Moghaddam, Masoumeh & Zarghami, Sara, 2024, Scale insect species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) on the date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in Iran with description of a new species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4), pp. 769-779 : 772

Parlatoria crypta McKenzie, 1943 ( Fig. 1E)

Material examined. on Ph. dactylifera ( Arecaceae ). BUSHEHR: 1♀, Genaveh (29°57'47"N, 50°55'47"E), 21.x.2001. SISTAN-o BALOUCHESTAN: 6♀♀, Saravan, Gosht (27°46'59"N, 61°56'47"E), 5.ii.2003.

Remarks. Parlatoria crypta is currently distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world ( García Morales et al., 2016). The species is one of the important pests of productive and non-productive trees in the southern provinces of Iran. It is a highly polyphagous species; in Iran, it occurs on host plants in 23 species including P. dactylifera , belonging to 16 families ( Moghaddam & Watson, 2021).