Powell, E.C., & Miller, D.R. 2025 Pseudaulacaspis rubra (Green), an armored scale insect detected in South Florida. Pest Alert (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry) FDACS-P-02256: 1-2
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Notes: Pseudaulacaspis rubra is a species of armored scale insect of Asian origin, previously recorded only from India and Sri Lanka. Specimens collected on mango trees in Miami are a new western hemisphere record. This insect had not been intercepted previously by FDACS-DPI and this is the first collection from the Florida landscape in our records.
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