Pseudischnaspis acephala Ferris 1941

Pseudischnaspis acephala Ferris Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Palmira: Rozo, Finca Brasil, 03°36 ′ 36.0 ″ N, 76°25 ′ 08.5 ″ W, 967 m, 10.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ' Lorena', 1 (UVCO); same data except ex avocado cv. 'Trinidad', 1 (MECP); Same data except 19.xii.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ' Papelillo' ('Lorena'), 1 (UVCO). Distribution. Nearctic: Mexico. Neotropical: Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru (Ben-Dov et al. 2015). Remarks. We found the species near the main veins on the upper leaf surface of leaves of the 'Lorena' and 'Trinidad' cultivars.
Published as part of Kondo, Takumasa & Muñoz, Jazmín Adriana, 2016, Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) associated with avocado crop, Persea americana Mill. (Lauraceae) in Valle del Cauca and neighboring departments of Colombia, pp. 1-24 in Insecta Mundi 2016 (465) on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4645809
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