Valid Names Results

Pollinia pollini (Costa, 1857) (Asterolecaniidae: Pollinia)

Nomenclatural History

Coccus pollini Costa 1857: 77. Type data: ITALY: on olive. Syntypes, female, by subsequent designation accepted valid name Notes: Type material probably lost; G. Pellizzari-Scaltriti (1990) personal communication to Yair Ben-Dov.
Pollinia pollina (Costa, 1857); Targioni Tozzetti 1868: 734. change of combination
Coccus pollina Costa, 1857; Targioni Tozzetti 1868: 734. misspelling of species epithet
Pollinia costae Targioni Tozzetti 1868: 734. replacement name that is unjustified (discovered by MorrisMo1966, 159).

Common Names

ornate pit olive scale AbdRabEv2021
Olive pit scale Pelliz2022
Cocciniglia tubercoliforme dell’olivo Pelliz2022
cochinilla rugosa del olivo Pelliz2022
globosa del olivo Pelliz2022

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 2 | Genera: 2

Moraceae

Ficus carica | BenDov2012

Oleaceae

Olea europaea | Balach1931a Bodenh1924 Bodenh1926 Bodenh1928 Bodenh1953a Borchs1934 Borchs1936 Borchs1960d Costa1857 GomezM1958b Habib1957 Hall1922 Hall1923 Kiritc1940 Melis1930 GranarGoSt2023 GranarGoSt2023

Foes:

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Chrysopidae

Chrysoperla carnea | Ahmed2012

Coccinellidae

Coccinella undecimpunctata | Ahmed2012 Kacar2015
Scymnus seriacus | Ahmed2012

Noctuidae

Eublemma scitula | GaikwaKeKa2022

Associates:

Families: 1 | Genera: 1

Curculionidae

Phleotribus scarabaeoides | HaouasMdMr2020

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 27

Albania | Pelliz2022

Algeria | HaouasMdMr2020 MenzerArMo2016

Argentina | MenzerArMo2016

Cordoba | GranarGoSt2023
La Rioja | GranarGoSt2023
Mendoza | GranarGoSt2023
San Juan | GranarGoSt2023

Canary Islands | Pelliz2022

Chile | Gonzal2016 | MenzerArMo2016

Corsica | Balach1931a Foldi2003

Crete | Alexan1980a ArmitaMc1952 PellizPoSe2011

Croatia | Masten2007

Cyprus | SismanUl2010

Egypt | Bodenh1929b Habib1957 Hall1922 Hall1923

France | Balach1932d Signor1870a

Georgia (Republic of) | HaouasMdMr2020

Abkhaz ASSR | Borchs1934 Borchs1936 Borchs1960d Kiritc1940

Greece | Bodenh1928

Israel | Bodenh1924

Italy | Costa1857

Sicily | LiottaSa1980

Jordan | Pelliz2022

Lebanon | Bodenh1926

Libya | Damian1966

Malta | HaberMi2007

Netherlands | JansenAl2023

Sardinia | Melis1930

Spain | GomezM1958b

Syria | HaouasMdMr2020

Tunisia | Gharbi2021 HaouasMdMr2020

Turkey | Bodenh1953a KaydanUlEr2007

Turkmenistan | Borchs1960d

United States

California | ArmitaMc1952 Gill1993

Keys

Remarks

Structure: The nymphs are yellow and measure one to 1.5 mm long. The adult females are orange red and are covered with a grayish waxy substance that protects entire colonies made up of nymphs and females; these are usually found in the buds. The males are elongate; they host in twigs and branches, or in the crevices or cracks of the bark. They are grayish white. (Ahmed, 2012) Slide-mounted adult female body rounded, 1.0–1.5 mm long, with 2 rounded, very short or undeveloped anal lobes, each marked with 3–4 short setae; anal ring small, placed at the end of an invagination of body apex. Dorsum with scattered 8-shaped pores, more numerous along body margin. Venter with 8-shaped pores restricted to body margin and submargin. Antennae vestigial, each 1- or 2-segmented, bearing 5 short setae, legs absent. (Pellizzari, 2022)
Biology: Two annual generations in Crete, Greece (Alexandrakis, 1980a). One annual generation in Sicily (Liotta & Sammartano, 1981). Pollinia pollini take refuge in the connecting point between buds and branches, in holes made by Phleotribus scarabaeoides (Coleoptera, Cucurlionidae) and in the crevices. (Haouas, et al., 2020)
Pollinia pollini does not produce pits on the host plant. Found under dead specimens of Saissetia oleae (Olivier) (Hemiptera: Coccidae). Cucchi and Becerra (2015) speculate that this could be for protection against parasitoids. (Granara de Willink et al. 2023)
Economic Importance: A serious pest of olive in Crete, Greece and in Sicily (Liotta & Sammatrano, 1981). Has been accidentally introduced to California, USA and eradicated from several areas in the state (Armitage & McKenzie, 1952). Gill (1993) reported that it was not eradicated from several counties in California, USA, but its pest status was unknown.
General Remarks: Adult female described and illustrated by Ferris (1955a), Habib (1957), Borchsenius (1960d) and by Gill (1993).

Illustrations

GranarGoSt2023

Citations

AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 28
Ahmed2012: distribution, host, natural enemies,
Alexan1980a: chemical control, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 9-17
Alexan1985: distribution, economic importance, host, 183-190
ArmitaMc1952: control, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 115-121
Balach1931a: distribution, host, 99
Balach1932d: distribution, host, 18,19,132,140,lv
BatsanKaKi2017: distribution, host, 253
BenDov2012: catalog, distribution, host, 24, 44
BerlesBePa1907: biological control, 48-95
BerlesPa1906: description, illustration, male, taxonomy, 393-395
Bodenh1924: distribution, host, 75-76
Bodenh1926: distribution, host, 44
Bodenh1928: distribution, host, 192
Bodenh1929b: distribution, host, 112
Bodenh1953a: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 135-138
Borchs1934: distribution, host, 20
Borchs1936: distribution, host, 116
Borchs1937: distribution, host, 62
Borchs1937a: distribution, host, 69
Borchs1949d: distribution, host, taxonomy, 154
Borchs1950b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 132
Borchs1960d: description, distribution, host, illustration, life history, taxonomy, 129-130
BugajNJuKa2021: distribution, host, list, 292
Cocker1893h: taxonomy, 76
Costa1857: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 77-79
Damian1966: chemical control, distribution, host, 8-10
Dougla1893: distribution, host, taxonomy, 55
DowellGiJe2016: distribution, 112
ElsebaAh2017: distribution, host, 1072
Fernal1903b: 60
Foldi2001: distribution, 303-308
Foldi2003: distribution, host, 150
FoldiGe2018: distribution, 8
FrohliRo1970: distribution, economic importance, host, 1-10
GaikwaKeKa2022: natural enemies, 4
Gavalo1936: distribution, host, 75
Gharbi2021: biology, distribution, host, structure, 4
Gill1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 104,114
GomezM1937: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 243-244
GomezM1958b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 136-137
Gonzal2016: diagnosis, distribution, illustration, 319-320
GranarGoSt2023: biology, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 12
HaberMi2007: distribution, host, 147
Habib1957: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 377-378
Hall1922: distribution, host, 10
Hall1923: distribution, host, 34
HaouasMdMr2020: biology, distribution, host,
Hellri2004: ELISA, distribution, host, 85
JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 32
Kacar2015: natural enemies, 159
KaydanUlEr2007: catalog, distribution, host, 91
Kiritc1932a: distribution, host, 262
Kiritc1940: distribution, host, 119
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 9
Leonar1920: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 259-262
Lindin1912b: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 232
Lindin1931: taxonomy, 122
Lindin1932d: taxonomy, 126
Lindin1935: taxonomy, 143
Liotta1981: distribution, economic importance, host, 11-12
LiottaSa1980: biological control, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 65-66
LiottaSa1981: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 205-216
Martel1908: distribution, host, 284
Martin1984MP: distribution, host, taxonomy, 65
Masten2007: distribution, host, taxonomy, 1-242
Melis1930: distribution, host, 17
MenzerArMo2016: biology, distribution,
MifsudMaRu2014: distribution, host, 502-503
MohammGh2008: distribution, 149
MorrisMo1966: taxonomy, 159
Peleka1962: distribution, host, 61
Pelliz2011: distribution, 311
Pelliz2022: biology, control, diagnosis, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 366-367
PellizChMi2015: distribution, 59,65,70
PellizPoSe2011: distribution, host, 292,294
Porcel2008a: distribution, host, morphology, 272-273
SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 452
Signor1869: catalog, taxonomy, 850, 866
Signor1870a: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 274-276
Signor1877: catalog, structure, taxonomy, 607-608
Silves1934: distribution, economic importance, host, 3-24
SismanUl2010: distribution, host, 219-224
StathaKaSk2013: distribution, 55
TangHa1995: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 287
Targio1868: taxonomy, 734
UlgentErYa2022: distribution, host, S116
WilliaBe2009: catalog, taxonomy, 37,38