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: Invasive

Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plants: Annona muricata (soursop), Cordia lutea (yellow cordia), Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Chinese hibiscus), Laguncularia racemosa (white mangrove), Spondias purpurea (great hog plum).

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

Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz

• 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.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.
• Miranda, R. C. Azuero, R., & Rodríguez, Y. C. (2022) Plan de control para la escama blanca de la higuera (Ceroplastes rusci) en manglares urbanos de Santa Cruz en la provincia de Galápagos. Revista ECOVIDA, 12(3), 292-302.