Diversity, distribution and host plants of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Espírito Santo, Brazil

Abstract: Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), are phytophagous species that occur in major biogeographic regions of the world. Because importance diaspidids as pests, there is widespread interest countries export and import unprocessed agricultural products increased knowledge this group which includes invasive quarantine pests great economic concern. The diversity, geographic distribution, host were studied from November 2002 to December 2018 34 municipalities state Espírito Santo, Brazil. Forty Diaspididae 27 genera collected identified. Acutaspis perseae (Comstock), A. umbonifera (Newstead), Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell), Comstockaspis perniciosa Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman), gloverii (Packard), Morganella longispina (Morgan), Mycetaspis apicata Thysanofiorinia nephelii (Maskel) found for first time Santo. plant families Myrtaceae, Moraceae, Arecaceae, Asparagaceae, Rutaceae had greatest number armored scale. Fifty-seven new associations observed 25 11 diaspidid recorded nine plants. Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan) was most polyphagous with 17 12 families, followed by Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (Green), Parlatoria proteus (Curtis). With these records, 41 28 have been