Department of Entomology, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Nauni-173 230, Himachal Pradesh (India).
During the survey of insect pests of forest trees in the dry temperate zone of India, a scale insect, Pulvinaria vitis (L.), was found to attack severely the poplar trees (Populus ciliata Wall.). This constitutes a new record from India.
