Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881

Beltran-Moreno, Maholy, Llacctas, Anali, Huanca, Javier & Evans, Gregory, 2025, A survey of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) on avocados, olives, and grapes in the Peruvian region of Arequipa, ZooKeys 1257, pp. 91-125 : 91-125

Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, 1881

Suppl. material 1: fig. S 2 A, B

Distribution.

Peru: Castilla.

Examined material.

• 1 adult female, ex Vitis vinifera , Huancarqui ( Castilla), 12/07/2019, A Llacctas .

Remarks.

This is the first record of this species found on grapes in Arequipa. Couturier et al. (1997) reported it on Myrtaceae fruit trees in Pucallpa, Peru; Marin-Loayza and Cisneros (1996) reported it on orange trees in Cañete Lima, Peru. The species has been found on avocados in Cuba ( Ballou 1926), and Israel ( Ben-Dov 1970 a), and the United States Virgin Islands ( Nakahara 1983).