Aspidiotus nerii Bouche, 1833

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

Aspidiotus nerii Bouche, 1833

Suppl. material 1: fig. S 6 A, B

Distribution.

Peru: Arequipa, Camana, Caraveli, Castilla, Caylloma, Condesuyos, Islay, La Union.

Examined material.

• 2 adult females, ex Persea americana , Corire ( Castilla), 12/07/2019, J Jihuallanca ; • 1 adult female, ex Persea americana , Caramba-Chaparra ( Caraveli), 11/02/2020, J Jihuallanca ; • 7 adult females, ex Persea americana , Chichas ( Condesuyos), 12/03/2020, J Jihuallanca ; • 22 adult females, ex Persea americana , Uchumayo ( Arequipa), 28/08/2020, J Jihuallanca ; • 2 adult females, ex Persea americana , Cotahuasi ( La Union), 24/07/2022, J Jihuallanca ; • 2 adult females, ex Vitis vinifera , Caraveli ( Caraveli), 12/02/2020, A Llacctas ; • 4 adult females, ex Vitis vinifera , Quilca ( Camana), 28/02/2020, A Llacctas ; • 1 adult female, ex Vitis vinifera , Uchumayo ( Arequipa), 04/03/2020 , • 1 adult female, ex Vitis vinifera , Chichas ( Condesuyos), 12/03/2020; A Llacctas ; • 1 adult female, ex Vitis vinifera , Chaupo-Quechualla ( La Union), 24/07/22, A Llacctas ; • 2 adult females, ex Olea europaea , Vitor ( Arequipa), 24/07/2019, M Beltran ; • 2 adult females, ex Olea europaea , Bella Union ( Caraveli) 10/02/2020, M Beltran ; • 5 adult females, ex Olea europaea , Yauca ( Caraveli) 11/02/2020, M Beltran ; • 4 adult females, ex Olea europaea , Quilca ( Camana) 28/02/2020, M Beltran ; • 1 adult female, ex Olea europaea , Cocachacra ( Islay), 29/02/2020, M Beltran ; • 3 adult females, ex Olea europaea , Chichas ( Condesuyos) 12/03/2020, M Beltran ; • 1 adult female, ex Olea europaea , Ongoro-Aplao ( Castilla), 14/03/2020, M Beltran ; • 2 adult females, ex Olea europaea , Pampas de la amistad-Majes ( Caylloma), 28/08/2020, M Beltran .

Remarks.

Bartra (1976) reported this species as A. hederae (Comstock, 1883) , a junior synonymy of Aspidiotus nerii Bouche, 1883 on avocados in Peru, and Beingolea and Salazar (1970) reported it on olives in Peru.