Table 2. Records of scale insects found on Vitis vinifera worldwide, and thqt occur on grapevines and/or other hosts in South Africa. Currently, eleven species are found on V. vinifera in South Africa, and six of these (indicated with an asterisk) are of phytosanitory concern to other parts of the world. Source: Ben Dov et al. 2006.
| Family | Genus | Species | Reference | Cited host plant in South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coccidae | Ceroplastes | rusci | Brain 1920 (a) | Cydonia oblonga |
| Coccus | hesperidum | Brain 1920 (a), This study | Citrus, Vitis vinifera | |
| longulus | Brain 1920 (a) | Acacia melanoxylon | ||
| Cryptinglisia | lounsburyi * | Brain 1920 (a) | Vitis vinifera | |
| Parasaissetia | nigra | Brain 1920 (a) | Persea gratissima, Ficus | |
| Saissetia | coffeae | Brain 1920 (a) | Pot plants | |
| oleae | Brain 1920 (a) | Not specified, Widely distributed | ||
| Trijuba | oculata * | Brain 1920 (a) | Vitis vinifera | |
| Diaspididae | Aonidiella | aurantii | Brain & Kelly 1917 | Not specified, Widely distributed |
| orientalis | Borchenius 1966 | Various | ||
| Aspidiotus | destructor | Brain & Kelly 1917, Newstead 1917 | Hevea brasiliensis | |
| nerii | Brain & Kelly 1917 | Various | ||
| Chrysomphalus | aonidum | Brain & Kelly 1917 | Not specified, Widely distributed | |
| dictyospermi | Brain & Kelly 1917 | Cupressus macrocarpa, Chaetacme aristata | ||
| pinnulifer | Balachowsky 1956 | Citrus, Hedera helix | ||
| Diaspidiotus | osborni | Munting 1971 | Quercus robur | |
| perniciosus | Brain & Kelly 1917 | Various | ||
| Hemiberlesia | lataniae | Brain 1918 | Various | |
| rapax | Brain 1918 | Euonymus, Acacia melanoxylon | ||
| Lepidosaphes | gloverii | Brain 1920 (b) | Citrus | |
| ulmi | Balachowsky 1954 | Various | ||
| Neoselenaspidus | silvaticus | Brain 1918 | Various | |
| Oceanaspidotus | spinosus | Munting 1965 | Palmae | |
| Parlatoria | cinerea | Morrison 1939 | Not specified | |
| proteus | Brain & Kelly 1917 | Greenhouses | ||
| Pinnaspis | strachani | Brain 1920 (b) | Not specified | |
| Pseudaonidia | trilobitiformis | Brain 1919 | Litchi sinensis | |
| Pseudaulacaspis | pentagona | Balachowsky 1954 | Not specified | |
| Pseudotargionia | glandulosa | Brain 1919 | Acacia horrida | |
| Selenaspidus | articulatus | Marlatt 1908, Brain & Kelly 1917 | Celastus laurinus | |
| Margarodidae | Icerya | purchasi | Brain 1915 | Citrus, Acacia, Rosa |
| seychellarum | Brain 1915 | Roses, Ficus, Palms | ||
| Margarodes | capensis * | Giard 1897, Brain 1915 | Vitis vinifera | |
| greeni * | Brain 1915 | Vitis vinifera | ||
| prieskaensis * | Jakubski 1965 | Vitis vinifera | ||
| vredendalensis * | De Klerk 1983 | Vitis vinifera | ||
| Pseudococcidae | Dysmicoccus | brevipes | De Villiers et al. 1987 | Pineapple |
| Ferrisia | virgata | De Lotto 1964 | Agave, Codiaeum | |
| malvastra | Ben-Dov 1994, Walton & Pringle 2004 | Vitis vinifera | ||
| Nipaecoccus | viridis | Brain 1915, This Study | Acacia, Vitis vinifera | |
| Planococcus | citri | Ben-Dov 1994 | Bauvardia, Citrus | |
| ficus | Joubert 1943, This study | Vitis vinifera | ||
| Pseudococcus | calceolariae | Ben-Dov 1994 | Citrus | |
| longispinus | Walton & Pringle 2004 | Vitis vinifera | ||
| viburni | Ben-Dov 1994 | Various | ||
| Rhizoecus | falcifer | Brain 1915 | Ornamental plants | |