Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Orthezia galapagoensis Kuwana, 1902; Syn.: Orthezia galapagoensis Kuwana, 1902 fide Roskov et al. (2013)

Origin: Native

Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plants: Bursera graveolens (incense tree), Cordia lutea (yellow cordia), Cryptocarpus pyriformis (salt bush), Heliotropium angiospermum, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (Chinese hibiscus), Scalesia microcephala (small - headed scalesia).

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

Distribution: Isabela, Pinzon, Santa Cruz, Santiago, North Seymour.

• Kuwana, S.I. (1902) Coccidae from the Galapagos Islands. Journal New York Entomological Society 10: 28-33.
• 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.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.
• Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
• Morrison, H. (1924) The Coccidae of the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(13): 143-152.
• Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
• Roskov Y. Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., (eds.) (2013) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2013 Annual Checklist Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2013/. Species 2000: Reading, UK
• Williams, M.L. (1977) Scale insects of the Galapagos islands In D.R Miller, J.A Davidson, M. Kosztarab (Eds.), Morphology and Systematics of scales insects (Ed.127, Vol. 9, pp. 85-98). Research Division Bulletin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and State University.