A diaspidid species new to both Hawaii and the Western Hemisphere is confirmed. Fiorinia phantasma Cockerell and Robinson, a new state record, is a polyphagous species and pest of many ornamental plants in Hawaii.
Nagamine, Walter T; Garcia, Janis N(Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2012-12)
First observations of the aphid Greenidea ficicola are recorded from Hawaii, which was found infesting Chinese banyan, Ficus microcarpa, at Kahaluu, Oahu, on January 6, 2011. This is the second species of the Asian genus ...
A whitefly, reported as new to Hawaii during 2006, was tentatively identified as Aleuroglandulus sp. prob. subtilis. A second discovery in 2011 was confirmed as Aleuroglandulus subtilis Bondar (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae).
