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Pests > Pests Entities > Insects > Aphids, Psyllids, Scales & Mealybugs, Whiteflies > Ceroplastes sp., Samoa

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Ceroplastes ?rubens

June 2005. A scale insect from a one-year-old Longan seedling (Euphoria longana) growing in Samoa was sent for identification.

It was thought to be a Ceroplastes wax scale (Coccoidea), possibly C. rubens; the poor state of the photos makes iit difficult to be certain. The pink wax scale, Ceroplastes rubens, was also found on mango during a recent survey; it is the indirect cause a sooty mould growth. It is probably kept in check by parasitoids.