Armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) infesting hass avocado intercepted in Florida and a new parasitoid-host association for davidsonaspis aguacatae

Abstract

Summary A new parasitoid-host association between Davidsonaspis aguacatae (Evans, Watson & Miller) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) and Encarsia lounsburyi (Berlese & Paoli) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) is documented, and an overview of armored scales infesting Hass avocados intercepted in Florida is given. An observation of the occurrence of crawler scales developing inside a parasitized female scale is discussed.