Phenacoccus madeirensis Green Material studied. URUGUAY: Montevideo, ex leaves of Pelargonium hortorum (Geraniaceae), 34°53’49.6”S 56°07’04.7”W, 28.i.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 22; same city and host, 34°53’27.3”S 56°07’32.8”W, 10.ii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 38; same city, ex leaves of Fragaria x ananassa (Rosaceae), 34°49’44.0”S 56°14’23.3”W, 16.viii.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C. and Martínez, V., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 245; ex leaves of Gynura aurantiaca (Asteraceae), 34°50’17.3”S 56°13’13.9”W, 28.xii.2019, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 1 adult ♀, VCPS No. 300; ex leaves of Bulbine frutescens (Asphodelaceae), 34°46’04.9”S 56°14’47.8”W, 5.iii.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C. and Martínez, V., 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 51; same locality, date and collector, ex leaves of Pelargonium hortorum (Geraniaeceae), 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 52; ex leaves of Cuphea hyssopifolia (Lythraceae), 6 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 53; ex leaves of Lavandula dentata (Lamiaceae), 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 54; ex leaves of Aeonium sp. (Crassulaceae), 4 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 54; ex leaves of Salvia farinacea (Lamiaceae), 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 60; ex leaves of Chrysanthemum sp. (Asteraceae), 2 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 55; same city, ex leaves of Pelargonium graveolens (Geraniaceae), 34°50’17.7”S 56°13’13.0”W, 10.xi.2018, coll. Pacheco da Silva, V.C., 1 adult ♀, ECFA No. 162; same city, ex leaves of Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae), 34°49’43.5”S 56°14’22.2”W, 9.iv.2019, coll. Martínez, V., 4 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 187; Sauce, ex leaves of Pelargonium hortorum (Geraniaceae), 34°37’52.7”S 56°06’25.2”W, 9.viii.2019, coll. Seijas, L., 3 adult ♀♀, ECFA No. 247. Hosts. Polyphagous, reported from 167 species belonging to 51 plant families (García Morales et al. 2016). Distribution. Australasian, Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions (García Morales et al. 2016). This is the first record of Ph. madeirensis in Uruguay.

Published as part of Pacheco Da Silva, Vitor C., Kaydan, Mehmet Bora & Basso, Cesar, 2020, Pseudococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in Uruguay: morphological identification and molecular characterization, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 501-520 in Zootaxa 4894 (4) on page 511, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4316657