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Highest Technological Educational Institute of Ka-
lamata, School of Agricultural Technology Depart-
ment of Crop Production, GR-241 00 Antikalamos, Ka-
lamata, Messinia, Greece.
Corresponding author:
Hellenic Plant Protection Journal
6:
55-57, 2013
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First record of the scale insect
Asterodiaspis ilicicola
in Greece
and additional data about the scale
Gonaspidiotus minimus
on
Quercus ilex
G.J. Stathas, E.D. Kartsonas and P.J. Skouras
Summary
The scale insect
Asterodiaspis ilicicola
(Targioni Tozzetti) (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Asterole-
caniidae) was recorded for the first time in Greece in February 2013. It was found on
Quercus ilex,
in the
National Garden of Athens. On the same infested trees, the scale insect
Gonaspidiotus minimus
(Leonar-
di) (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae) was also recorded. Both scale species were settled on the up-
per surface of leaves of
Q. ilex
.
According to ScaleNet Database (Ben-Dov
et al.,
2013) the scale insects species of the
family Asterolecaniidae recorded in Greece
include
Asterodiaspis bella
(Russell) (Russell,
1941; Borchsenius, 1960),
A.
repugnans
(Rus-
sell) (Russell, 1941; Borchsenius, 1960),
A. va-
riolosa
(Ratzeburg) (Milonas
et al.,
2008) and
Pollinia pollini
(Costa) (Alexandrakis
,
1980).
Asterodiaspis ilicicola
(Targioni Tozzetti)
(Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Asterolecaniidae)
was recorded for the first time in Greece on
Quercus
ilex
(Fagaceae) in the National Gar-
den of Athens in February 2013. On the same
trees, the scale insect
Gonaspidiotus mini-
mus
(Leonardi) (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Dias-
pididae) was also recorded. The colonies of
both scale species were settled on the up-
per surface of leaves of
Q. ilex
(Fig. 1 and Fig.
2). The vouchers of the permanent slides of
A. ilicicola
are deposited in collections of the
University of Padova and of the Laboratory
of Agricultural Entomology & Zoology of the
Highest Technological Educational Institute
of Kalamata. The vouchers of the permanent
slides of
G. minimus
are deposited in collec-
Figure 1.
Asterodiaspis ilicicola
on leaves of
Quercus ilex
(Pho-
to by G. Stathas).
Figure 2.
Gonaspidiotus minimus
on leaves of
Quercus ilex
(Photo by G. Stathas).
