Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell, 1894)

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

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1257.163722

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DAD822F2-E640-4340-9BA3-1FF194A51349

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17468086

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/14A144D3-0959-5E37-BC49-024135A4E183

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scientific name

Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell, 1894)
status

 

Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell, 1894) View in CoL

Suppl. material 1: fig. S 4 E, F

Distribution.

Peru: Camana, Castilla.

Examined material.

5 adult females, ex Persea americana , Samuel Pastor ( Camana), 28/02/2020, J Jihuallanca ; • 2 adult females, ex Persea americana , Huancarqui ( Castilla), 15/03/2020, J Jihuallanca .

Remarks.

Couturier et al. (1997) reported this species on fruit trees of the Myrtaceae family in Pucallpa, Peru. This is the first record of this species found on avocados in Arequipa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Coccoidea

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Protopulvinaria