Boukaiss, M., Haddad, N., Baddou, S.A., Auajjar, N., Benkirane, R., & Smaili, M.C. 2026 Hemiberlesia cyanophylli (Signoret, 1869) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), a new record on urban trees of Ficus microcarpa (Bonsai) and citrus in Morocco. Entomologia Hellenica 35(1): 93–95

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Notes: Hemiberlesia cyanophylli (Signoret, 1869) (Diaspididae) was observed for the first time on the leaves of two trees, i.e. the first time on a Ficus microcarpa, in 2024, and the second on a citrus tree (Citrus aurantium L.), in 2025, in Kenitra city (Kenitra province, North-West Morocco), in very low numbers. Herein, a morphological diagnosis of H. cyanophylli is provided, based on adult females from Morocco, mounted on microscope slides. https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/entsoc/article/view/43121

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