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The presence of the Opuntia cochineal scale insect, Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae) is reported for the first time from Israel. It was collected off the Indian-fig prickly-pear, Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller (Cactaceae) in the Hula Valley of the Upper Galilee.
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We thank Amiram Levi from Mehadrin Pri-Or for the information on the scale infestation at En Teo, and to Zohar Barkai from Kibbutz Dan for first information about the occurrence of this pest on prickly-pear cactus in Israel.
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Spodek, M., Ben-Dov, Y., Protasov, A. et al. First record of Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Dactylopiidae) from Israel. Phytoparasitica 42, 377–379 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-013-0373-2
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