Aspidiotus

Aspidiotus is a genus of armoured scale insects. It includes several agricultural and horticultural pests.

A. destructor was originally blamed for a massive die-off of coconut trees in the Philippines which began about 2009. It has been involved previously in die-offs in Indonesia. In July 2014, following a detailed morphological review, scientists announced that instead A. rigidus, was to blame. A. rigidus has few natural predators in the Philippines which leads to the surging infestation.

Species

 * Aspidiotus anningensis Tang & Chu, 1983
 * Aspidiotus artus Munting, 1971
 * Aspidiotus atomarius (Hall, 1946)
 * Aspidiotus atripileus Munting, 1971
 * Aspidiotus beilschmiediae Takagi, 1969
 * Aspidiotus brachystegiae Hall, 1928
 * Aspidiotus capensis Newstead, 1917
 * Aspidiotus cerasi Fitch, 1857
 * Aspidiotus chamaeropsis Signoret, 1869
 * Aspidiotus chinensis Kuwana & Muramatsu, 1931
 * Aspidiotus cryptomeriae Kuwana, 1902 - Sugi scale
 * Aspidiotus destructor Cockerell in Fernald, 1903 - coconut scale
 * Aspidiotus hedericola Leonardi, 1920
 * Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833 - oleander scale, worldwide distribution, originated in Europe
 * Aspidiotus rigidus Reyne, 1947
 * Aspidiotus taiyuanensis (Feng, 2011)
 * Aspidiotus zizyphi Hall, 1929

Former species

 * Aspidiotus abieticola Koroneos, 1934 synonym for Dynaspidiotus abieticola (Koroneos, 1934)
 * Aspidiotus hederae Leonardi, 1898 synonym for Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833
 * Aspidiotus ostreaeformis Curtis, 1843 synonym for Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis, 1843)