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Notes: Hosts mentioned include Aspidiotus nerii, Clavaspis pituranthi, Dynaspidiotus andersoni, Diaspis subregularis, Selanaspidus sp., Furcaspis capensis, Duplachionaspis sp., Peliococcus sp., Ceroplastes elytropappi, Tachardina sp., Gascardia ?deceptrix, Ideosaissetia peringueyi, Marsipococcus sp., Entaspidiotus lounsburyi, Waxiella mimosae, Saissetia sp., Coccus sp., Chionaspis margaritae?, Saissetia oleae, Pulvinaria mesembryanthemi, Cissococcus fulleri, Coccus hesperidum, Pulvinaria jacksoni, Protopulvinaria pyriformis, Macropulvinaria sp., Filippia sp., F. chilianthi, Saissetia hemisphaerica, Gascardia destructor, Saissetia nigrella, Parasaissetia sp., Pulvinaria aethiopica, Saissetia somereni, Ceroplastes helichrysi var. siniae, Parasaissetia litorea, Tachardina albina, Coccus aethiopicus, Pulvinaria icerya, Aulacaspis tegalensis, Rhodococcus turanicus and Ericerus pela; plant hosts.