(Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae
Issue No. 196
Avas B. Hamon
Introduction
Opuntiaspis carinata (Cockerell) was recently collected in Florida for a new continental U.S. record. Apparently the infested plants were shipped to Florida from Mexico via Texas 2 or 3 years ago. In past years, USDA inspectors have intercepted this armored scale insect several times from Guatemala and Mexico.