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------- Confirmed host.
* Sánchez-García I, Pérez-Gómez A (2020) First records of Icerya seychellarum [Westwood, 1855] [Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Monophlebidae] from the iberian peninsula, and new associated species. Revista de la Sociedad Gaditana de Historia Natural 14, 53-55.
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------- confirmed host, also attack large trunks in Sicilia.
* Gugliuzzo A, Mazzeo G, Mansour R, Tropea Garzia G (2019) Carob pests in the Mediterranean region: bio-ecology, natural enemies and management options. Phytoparasitica 47, 605-628.