Shukla, G.S., & Tripathi, N. 1979 Studies on the preference of crawlers of sugarcane scale insect, Melanaspis glomerata (Green (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in relation to the age of the internodes of sugarcane.. Indian Sugar 29: 535-536.

Notes: M. glomerata prefers to settle on internodes with soft rind & partially open leaf sheets; distribution; mentions six other coccoid species.