Mestre Novoa, N., Kondo, T., Reyes Pérez, D.L., & Oliver, P.H. 2021 Primer Registro de Pulvinaria flocifera (Westwood, 1870) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), para Cuba, con una clave para las Sepecies del Género Registradas en el Pais [First Record of Pulvinaria flocifera (Westwood, 1870) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), for Cuba, with a Key to the Species of the Genus Pulvinaria in the Country]. Poeyana (Academia de Ciencias de Cuba) 512: 1-6

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Notes: Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood, 1870) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) is newly recorded for Cuba. The species was collected at two localities of Majaguillar swamp in northeastern of Matanzas province. The voucher specimens are deposited in the Zoological Collections of the Institute of Ecology and Systematic (CZACC). The coccid is illustrated based on material collected in this study. A taxonomic key to separate the species of the genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti, 1866, recorded in Cuba is provided. This scale insect species is polyphagous and invasive in Cuba. Callophyllaceae and Calophyllum antillanum are new family and species host plant records for this soft scale.