Kilifia acuminata (Signoret, 1873)

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.17468078

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3614878E-0F64-589A-A722-0ABEEEBADDC8

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scientific name

Kilifia acuminata (Signoret, 1873)
status

 

Kilifia acuminata (Signoret, 1873) View in CoL

Suppl. material 1: fig. S 4 A, B

Distribution.

Peru: Caraveli, Castilla, Condesuyos, Islay.

Examined material.

3 adult females, ex Olea europaea , San Juan de Chorunga-Rio Grande ( Condesuyos), 28/06/2019, M Beltran ; • 3 adult females, ex Olea europaea , Bella Union ( Caraveli), 10/02/2020, M Beltran ; • 3 adult females, ex Olea europaea , Acari ( Caraveli), 10/02/2020, M Beltran ; • 1 adult female, ex Olea europaea , Punta de Bombon ( Islay), 29/02/2020, M Beltran ; • 1 adult female, ex Olea europaea , La Central-Aplao ( Castilla), 21/08/2021, M Beltran .

Remarks.

This is the first record of this species in Peru. It was found on olives in Arequipa. Nakahara (1981) reported it on avocados, and on other hosts of the Oleaceae family in Hawaii.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Coccoidea

Family

Coccidae

Genus

Kilifia