Keall, J.B., Hartnett, D.E., McCambridge, J.E., Shaw, N.M., Pearce, B.M., Alkelov, S., Adoracion, F.T., Aliakbarpour, H., Page, G.D., & Prasad, P. 2020 The armoured scale Oceanaspidiotus spinosus (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) established in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 43(1): 15-22

Keywords:

  • diagnosis
  • distribution
  • economic importance
  • host
  • Notes: The armoured scale insect Oceanaspidiotus spinosus (Comstock 1883) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) was found on kiwifruit from the Bay of Plenty in April 2019, and it is now considered to be established.