Joshi, S., & Firake, D.M. 2019 First record of Platylecanium nepalense Takagi (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from India, with redescription and a key to the species of Platylecanium Cockerell & Robinson. Phytoparasitica https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-019-00767-6

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Notes: The occurrence of Platylecanium nepalense Takagi (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Coccidae) in India is reported. The scale was collected on leaflets of ornamental palms viz., areca palm, Dypsis lutescens (H.Wendl.) Beentje & J. Dransf (Arecaceae) and Indian date palm, Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. (Arecaceae)