The most frequent and abundant specie of armored scale insect was Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869). Melanaspis arnaldoi (Costa Lima, 1924) and Pseudaonidia marquesi (Costa Lima, 1924) were recorded for the first time in V. labrusca. All these species showed perforations in the scale cover indicating the presence of parasitism in the field.
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