Material studied. URUGUAY: Canelón Chico, ex fruits of Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae), 34°37’42.9”S56°10’24.3”W, 6.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 3 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 28;same host, Colonia Wilson, 34°42’28.5”S56°31’05.9”W, 19.xii.2017, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 16;Juanicó, 34°36’47.4’’S56°14’46.2’’W, 28.i.2018, coll. Salvarrey, J., 1 adult♀, ECFA No. 23;same locality and host, 30.xi.2017, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 3 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 6;11.i.2018, coll. Martínez, V., 2 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 24;10.ii.2019, coll. Arrillaga, L., 3 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 169; 15.ii.2019, coll. Martínez, V., 4 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 170;Las Piedras, 34°39’16.2”S56°05’06.7”W, 6.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 26;Montevideo, 31°40’18.5’’S56°20’27.6’’W, 2.xii.2017, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 5 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 1;Rincón del Colorado, 34°41’04.7”S56°20’35.4”W, 10.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, 4 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 34;Sauce, 34°41’04.7”S56°20’35.4”W, 20.i.2017, coll. Delgado, S., 3 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 20;Salto, 34°35’30”S56°15’23”W, 21.xii.2017, coll. Salvarrey, J., 3 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 18;Durazno, 33°15’48.02” S56°01’15.02” W, 6.ii.2018, coll. Arrillaga, L., 3 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 29;Melilla, ex leaves of Ficus carica (Moraceae), 34°48’04.1”S56°16’32.3”W, 20.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C. & Martínez, V., 2 adult♀♀, ECFA No. 33.
Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 34 species belonging to 25 plant families (García Morales et al. 2016). In Uruguay, Pl. ficus was recorded on Cydonia oblonga (Rosaceae), Ficus carica (Moraceae), Malus domestica (Rosaceae) (Granara de Willink et al. 1997) and Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) (Trujillo Peluffo 1930).
Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions (García Morales et al. 2016).