Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1998

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

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

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Potentially Invasive

Substrate or host preferences: The Galapagos host plants: Bougainvillea sp. (Paperflower), Euphorbia amplexicaulis (chamaesyce), Galvezia leucantha (Snapdragon), Gossypium sp. (Galápagos cotton), Hyptis sp., Heliotropium angiospermum (heliotrope), Lantana sp., Laguncularia racemosa (white mangrove), Scalesia aspera, Sida spinosa (prickly fanpetals), Sida hederifolia, Tribulus terrestris (caltrop).

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

Distribution: Eden, Daphne, Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago

• Causton, C.E. Sevilla, C. (2008) Latest Records of Introduced Invertebrates in Galapagos and Measures to control them. Galapagos Report 2006-2007, CDF, GNP and INGALA, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador, p. 142-145.
• 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 17 pp.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.