Species Milviscutulus mangiferae (Green, 1889)
- Lecanium mangiferae Green, E.E. 1889. Descriptions of two new species of Lecanium from Ceylon. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 25: 248-250.
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀ (on Mangifera), SRI LANKA: Punduloya.Subsequent designation references:
Ben-Dov, Y., Williams, M.L. & Ray, C.H. 1975. Taxonomy of the mango shield scale Protopulvinaria mangiferae (Green) (Homoptera: Coccidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 10: 1-17 [7].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
Ecological Descriptors
Wide range of hosts.
General References
Grimshaw, J.F. & Donaldson, J.F. 2007. New records of mango shield scale Milviscutulus mangiferae (Hemoptera: Coccidae) and Brevennia rehi (Lindinger) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in north Queensland. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 46(2): 96-98
Scalenet 2006. Scalenet. www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalenet