EPPO Global Database

Unaspis citri(UNASCI)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Citrus x aurantium var. sinensis (CIDSI) Major host
* Colón-Ferrer M, Medina-Gaud S (1998) Contribution to the Systematics of the Diaspidids (Homoptera: Diaspididae) of Puerto Rico. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Agric. Experiment Station, Dept. of Crop Protection Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, 258 pp.

* Mille C, Henderson RC, Cazères S, Jourdan H (2016) Checklist of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha) of New Caledonia. Zoosystema 38(2), 129-176.
Acacia oshanesii (ACAOH) Host
* Miller DR, Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY, 442 pp.
Acacia sp. (ACASS) Host
* Miller DR, Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY, 442 pp.
Ananas comosus (ANHCO) Host
* Miller DR, Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY, 442 pp.
Annona muricata (ANUMU) Host
* Williams DJ, Watson GW (1988) The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 1. The Armoured Scales (Diaspididae). CABI Wallingford, UK, 290 pp.
Citrus maxima (CIDGR) Host
* Laing F (1929) Descriptions of new, and some notes on old species of Coccidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4, 465-501.

* Lit IL, Balatibat JB (1994) Four new records of Philippine armored scale insects (Diaspididae: Coccoidea, Hemiptera). Philippine Entomologist 9, 377-384.

* Williams DJ, Watson GW (1988) The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 1. The Armoured Scales (Diaspididae). CABI Wallingford, UK, 290 pp.
Citrus x aurantiifolia (CIDAF) Host
* Malumphy CP (2012) An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Saint Lucia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 148, 207-216.

* Yunus A, Ho TH (1980) List of Economic Pests, Host Plants, Parasites and Predators in West Malaysia (1920-1978). Ministry of Agriculture Malaysia, 539 pp.
Citrus x aurantium (CIDAU) Host
* Mamet RJ (1943) A revised list of the Coccoidea of the islands of the western Indian Ocean, south of the equator. Mauritius Institute Bulletin. Port Louis 2, 137-170.
Citrus x aurantium var. deliciosa (CIDDE) Host
* Corseuil E, da Silva TL (1971) A tribo Diaspidini no Rio Grande do Sul (Homoptera, Diaspididae). [The Diaspidini tribe at Rio Grande do Sul.]. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 54, 109-112.

* Williams DJ, Watson GW (1988) The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 1. The Armoured Scales (Diaspididae). CABI Wallingford, UK, 290 pp.
Citrus x latifolia (CIDLA) Host
* Martins DS, dos Santos Wolff VR, Culik MP, Santos BC, Fornazier MJ, Ventura JA (2022) Diversity, distribution and host plants of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Espírito Santo, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 22(2),  e20211248.
Citrus x limon (CIDLI) Host
* Hinckley AD (1963) Trophic records of some insects mites, and ticks in Fiji. Bulletin (Department of Agriculture, Fiji) No. 45, 1-116.
Cocos nucifera (CCNNU) Host
* Silva d'Araujo AG, Gonçalves CR, Galvão DM, Goncalves DM (1968) Fourth catalog of insects that live in Brazil. Parte II. Insects, hosts and natural enemies. Ministerio da Cultura Rio de Janeiro V. 1, 622 pp.
Glycosmis parviflora (GLWPA) Host
* Alayo Soto R (1976) Introducción al estudio de los Coccoideos de Cuba. [Introduction to the study of Cuban Coccoidea]. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba Serie Biologico (Instituto de Zoologia) 61, 1-25.
Hibiscus sp. (HIBSS) Host
* Miller DR, Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY, 442 pp.
Inga sp. (INGSS) Host
* Lincango MP, Hodgson CJ, Causton C, Miller DR (2010) An updated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Galapagos Research 67, 3-7.
Mangifera indica (MNGIN) Host
* Germain J-F, Vayssières V, Matile-Ferrero D (2010) Preliminary inventory of scale insects on mango trees in Benin. Entomologia Hellenica 19, 124-131.

* Miller DR, Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY, 442 pp.
Murraya paniculata (MUYPA) Host
* Ballou CH (1945) Notas sobre insectos daninos observados en Venezuela - 1938-43 -Coccidae. Proceedings 3d Conferencia Interamericana de Agricultura, Caracas 34, 151 pp.

* Lit IL, Balatibat JB (1994) Four new records of Philippine armored scale insects (Diaspididae: Coccoidea, Hemiptera). Philippine Entomologist 9, 377-384.
Musa x paradisiaca (MUBPA) Host
* Williams DJ, Watson GW (1988) The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 1. The Armoured Scales (Diaspididae). CABI Wallingford, UK, 290 pp.
Nephelium lappaceum (NEELA) Host
* Hernández-Arenas MG, Nieto-Ángel D, Martínez-Damián MT, Nava-Díaz C, Xiong JJ, Bautista-Martinez N (2011) Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and Formicidae associated with rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) in Southeast Mexico. Southwestern Entomologist 36(3), 379-382.
Osmanthus sp. (OSUSS) Host
* Miller DR & Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY 442 pp.
Persea americana (PEBAM) Host
* Ballou CH (1945) Notas sobre insectos daninos observados en Venezuela - 1938-43 -Coccidae. Proceedings 3d Conferencia Interamericana de Agricultura, Caracas 34, 151 pp.
Pittosporum sp. (PTUSS) Host
* Miller DR, Davidson JA (2005) Armored Scale Insect Pests of Trees and Shrubs. Cornell Univ. Press Ithaca, NY, 442 pp.
Psidium guajava (PSIGU) Host
* Williams DJ, Watson GW (1988) The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region. Pt. 1. The Armoured Scales (Diaspididae). CABI Wallingford, UK, 290 pp.
Tillandsia usneoides (TLDUS) Host
* Tippins HH, Beshear RJ (1975) Scale insects associated with Spanish moss. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 10, 49-50.