Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley) — lesser snow scale (Fig. 1, J)

Cosmopolitan, restricted to indoor plantings in cooler temperate regions; polyphagous, feeding on plants belonging to 84 families; a serious pest of many crops and ornamentals. Recorded from Saint Lucia by Crop Protection Compendium (2014) and Malumphy (2012, on Annona muricata). Often found in large numbers on A. muricata fruit, the male tests forming conspicuous white patches on the fruit.

Collection data. Intercepted in the UK (London) on A. muricata, 12.xi.2012, leg. R. Waghorn, 2.vii.2013, leg. J. Pollock, 29.vii.2013, leg. D. Dennis, 4.viii.2013, 25.v.2014, leg. J. Pollock (abundant, many scales were parasitized by an unidentified Aphelinidae, and found in association with a predatory stigmaeid mite (Stigmaeidae)), 12.viii.2013, leg. D. Dennis, and 23.ix.2013, leg. R. Waghorn (in association with a predatory Eupalopsellidae mite).