Coccoidea species infesting ornamental plants in the royal greenhouse, al-Montaza palace garden, Alexandria, Egypt with new hosts record and a key of the adult female Coccoidea

الملخص EN

This Investigation covers a survey of the scale insects and mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) associating with ornamental plants in the Historical Royal greenhouse at Al-Montaza Palace garden, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt.

a total of nine Coccoidea specie following nine genera belonging to 3 families of Supper family Coccoidea were observed infesting twenty ornamental plants in the greenhouse.

New hosts recorded for the first time during the study as well as a key of the adult female Coccoidea to help in future investigations and identification in Egypt were given.