“…Fiorinia phantasma, commonly known as phantasma scale, was described from the Philippine Islands in 1915. Subsequently, a major global expansion of F. phantasma occurred over the last decade through movement of nursery stock (Watson et al 2015). Fiorinia phantasma is now documented from 19 countries (China (Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan), France, French Polynesia, Grenada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Nauru, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy and Saint Martin, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, United States (American Samoa, Florida, Hawaii, Guam), and Vietnam).…”