Maconellicoccus hirsutus

Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green, 1908) Material examined. on Ph. dactylifera (Arecaceae). SISTAN-o BALOUCHESTAN: 1♀♀, Chabahar, Bahookalat [25°42'26"N, 61°25'34"E], 1.v.2001. Remarks. Maconellicoccus hirsutus was first recorded in Iran (Moghaddam, 2006), this species is native to southern Asia (Williams, 1996). M. hirsutus is highly polyphagous and it shows some preference for hosts in the Malvaceae, Fabaceae and Moraceae (García Morales et al., 2016). In Iran, it has been found on 25 host-plant species belonging to 18 families, including P. dactylifera (Moghaddam & Watson, 2022). There is not any report of damage on Ph. dactylifera.