Peronti, A.L.B.G., Miller, D.R., & Sousa-Silva, C.R. 2001 Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of ornamental plants from São Paulo, Brazil.. Insecta Mundi 15(4): 247-255.

Notes: A list of 35 scale insects collected from 72 ornamental plant species in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil is provided. Regarding host specificity, 30 scale insects were polyphagous, 4 oligophagous and one monophagous. A total of 102 coccoid/plant associations are recorded, 29 of which are new host records for the species; 60 are new host records for the species in Brazil. Pulvinaria urbicola Cockerell, 1893 (Coccidae), Phenacoccus similis Granara de Willink, 1893 (Pseudococcidae), and Orthezia molinarii (Morrison, 1952) (Ortheziidae) are recorded for the fist time in Brazil. In addition, we describe the injury caused by scale insects on ornamental plants.

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