Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis
Creators: name: Mille, Christian
name: Henderson, Rosa C.
name: Cazères, Sylvie
name: Jourdan, Hervé
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Diaspididae
Pseudaonidia
Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis

description: Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (Green, 1896)
Aspidiotus trilobitiformis Green, 1896: 4.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Bourail County (Gouaro), 28.IV.2002, on fruits of Citrus sp., S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County (IAC, SRFP), 9.VII.2002, on leaves of Swietenia mahogani, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC, CXMNC); Moindou County, 6.VIII.2002, on leaves of Schinus terebinthifolius, S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC, CXMNC); Mont-Dore County (IAC, SRMH), 10.IV.2007, on leaves and twigs of Ochrothallus sp., S. Cazères coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC, CXMNC); La Foa County (IAC, SRFP), 8.III.2011, on Tahitian Lime fruits (Citrus latifolia), M. Bouteiller coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC); Farino County (Les Hauts de Fonwhary), 2.I.2012, on leaves of Passiflora quadrangularis, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC); Loyalty Islands (Maré, Atha), 7.VII.2008, on leaves of Citrus sinensis, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC); Thio County (Nakalé), 3.X.2008, on an unknown plant, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (NZAC, CXMNC); Nouméa County (Vallée des Colons), 18.X.2012, on Citrus sp. fruits, C. Mille coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (CXMNC); La Foa County (Thia) 26.XI.2013, on Tahitian Lime fruits (C. latifolia), G. Mercier & J.-C. Kasman coll., Rosa C. Henderson det. (CXMNC).
PUBLISHED RECORDS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — This species has been recorded from New Caledonia since 1897 (Cohic [1956, 1958a], Williams & Watson 1988a)
DISTRIBUTION IN NEW CALEDONIA. — All over the New Caledonian Archipelago.
OTHER RECORDS. — Almost cosmopolitan.
HOST- PLANTS IN NEW CALEDONIA. — Acacia spp., Aleurites spp., Annona spp., Artocarpus spp., Barringtonia asiatica, Bauhinia variegata, Calophyllum inophyllum, Capsicum spp., Carica papaya, Cataranthus roseus, Citrus spp., Clitoria ternatea, Codiaeum spp., Cordyline neocaledonica, Cordyline spp., Cordyline neocaledonica, Crescentia cujete, Dodonaea viscosa, Epipremnum aureum, Eriobotrya japonica, Ficus spp., Laurus nobilis, Mucuna bennetti, Murraya exotica, Nerium oleander, Ochrosia appositifolia, Passiflora spp., Persea americana, Psidium spp., Pyrostegia venusta, Santalum austrocaledonicum (Cohic 1956, 1958a). Recently found on Mangifera indica (Mille 2011), Ochrothallus spp., Swietenia mahogany and Schinus terebinthifolius.
NOTES. — Cohic (1958a) noted that this species is the most polyphagous one encountered in New Caledonia, and it can be very dangerous on young Citrus trees and on Passiflora quadrangularis. A common species rated as an economic pest.
description: Published as part of Mille, Christian, Henderson, Rosa C., Cazères, Sylvie & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia, pp. 129-176 in Zoosystema 38 (2) on pages 143-144, DOI: 10.5252/z2016n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/4578222