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: Annona muricata (soursop), Hibiscus sp., Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Chinese hibiscus), Psidium guajava (guava), Scalesia atractyloides.

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

Distribution: San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago

• 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.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.