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Tropics & subtropics. Found in Diego Garcia on Achyranthes aspera in 1971 and on Pisonia grandis, associated with ants, in Chagos Nature Reserve in 2019. P. urbicola is found on both woody and herbaceous plants. It has
been recorded attacking a range of crops including guava, chili, pepper, pineapple, citrus, litchi, sweet
potato, tomato, aubergine, beet, soursop, carrot, parsley, and ornamentals. (Malumpy, C. (2021). Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccoidea) of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory))
Malumpy, C. (2021). Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccoidea) of the Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); Zoological Society of London (2022) A List of the Terrestrial Invertebrates of BIOT, (Including Ecology, Biology, Conservation, Distribution and Collection Notes). Dataset.