Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Substrate or host preferences: Galápagos host plants: the insects are subterranean and on the rootlets of Bursera graveolens subsp. malacophylla (Galapagos incense tree), Tricerma octogonum (Maytenus) and Scaevola plumieri (Pinkberry).

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

Distribution: Baltra, Bartolome, Eden, Santa Cruz

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• 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.