Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 2001

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plants: Chiococca alba (West Indian milkberry), Citrus reticulata (tangerine), Rhaphiolepis bibas (Loquat), Miconia robinsoniana (Galapagos miconia), Syzygium malaccense (malay apple).

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe

• Lincango, M.P. Hodgson, C. & Causton, C. (2008) Lista anotada de los insectos escama (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) de las islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.
• Lincango, P. Hodgson, C., Causton, C. & Miller, D. (2010) An updated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Galapagos Research, 67: 3-7.