Material studied. Colombia. Valle del Cauca: Alcalá: Finca La Porra, 04°40 ′ 13.1 ″ N, 75°44 ′ 34.3 ″ W, 1395 m, 10.xi.2008, coll. A. Arias, J. Muñoz, 1 (UVCO), 2 (MECP); Finca Los Alpes, 04°17 ′ 56 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 00 ″ W, 1376 m, 28.x.2008, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth 8’, 1 (UVCO); Hacienda La Polonia, 04°40 ′ 09.8 ″ N, 75°45 ′ 14.1 ″ W, 1369 m, 31.x.2008, coll. T. Kondo, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 1 (MECP); Caicedonia: Finca La Cabaña, 04°17 ′ 43.8 ″ N, 75°50 ′ 39.4 ″ W, 1705 m, 09.ii.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Booth’, 2 (UVCO), 1 (MECP); Finca Corinto, 04°17 ′ 04.2 ″ N, 75°51 ′ 53.9 ″ W, 1650 m, 20.iv.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), 2 (UVCO), 2 (MECP); Finca Las Margaritas, 04°17 ′ 37.1 ″ N, 75°53 ′ 18.0 ″ W, 1352 m, 26.v.2009, coll. J. Muñoz, ex avocado cv. ‘ Papelillo’ (‘ Lorena’), (2 (UVCO), 3 (MECP).
Distribution. Cosmopolitan (Ben-Dov et al. 2015).
Remarks. The hemispherical scale, S. coffeae was found on both leaf surfaces of avocados of ‘Booth’ and ‘Lorena’ cultivars.