Published October 28, 2025 | Version v1

Saissetia oleae

  • 1. Entomology Laboratory, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru
  • 2. APHIS, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, USA

Description

Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791)

Suppl. material 1: fig. S 5 E, F

Distribution.

Peru: Camana, Caraveli, Castilla, Caylloma, Islay.

Examined material.

• 2 adult females, ex Olea europaea, Camana (Camana), 30/06/2019, M Beltran; • 5 adult females, ex Olea europaea, Acari (Caraveli), 10/02/2020, M Beltran; • 5 adult adult females, ex Olea europaea, Chaparra (Caraveli), 10/02/2020, M Beltran; • 5 adult females, ex Olea europaea, Yauca (Caraveli), 11/02/2020, M Beltran; • 2 adult females, ex Olea europaea, Punta de Bombon (Islay), 29/02/2020, M Beltran; • 2 adult females, ex Olea europaea, Ongoro-Aplao (Castilla), 14/03/2020, M Beltran; • 4 adult females, ex Olea europaea, Pampas de la amistad-Majes (Caylloma), 28/08/2020, M Beltran.

Remarks.

Gonzalez (1966) and Aguilar et al. (1980) reported this species on olives in Peru, Beingolea (1967) recorded as an occasional pest casual in citrus orchards in Peru, and Beingolea and Salazar (1970) observed this species on olives from several localities in Arequipa.

Notes

Published as part of Beltran-Moreno, Maholy, Llacctas, Anali, Huanca, Javier & Evans, Gregory, 2025, A survey of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) on avocados, olives, and grapes in the Peruvian region of Arequipa, pp. 91-125 in ZooKeys 1257 on pages 91-125, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1257.163722

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