First report of invasive scale insects feeding on the threatened plants Calyptranthes kiaerskovii Krug & Urban and Calyptranthes thomasiana O. Berg in the British Virgin Islands.

Abstract

• Invasive scale insects are reported for the first time feeding on the threatened endemic Kiaerskov's lidflower and Thomas' lidflower (Myrtaceae) in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Comstock, Maskell, Kondo & Gullan and an undetermined diaspidid were found on ; and , (Westwood), and an undetermined asterolecaniid on . The significance of these findings and the on-going threats faced by these plant species in the wild are discussed. , , Hodges & Hodgson and are recorded here for the first time from BVI.