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Diaspis echinocacti

(Bouché, 1833)
Arthropoda » Hemiptera » Diaspididae » Diaspis echinocacti
Common name (English)
Cactus scale
Ηabitat
I2 Parks
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
2017
Impacts
Negative

Diaspis echinocacti (Bouché) was found to be a relatively common pest species in ornamental cacti (Ülgentürk & Şişman Hocaali 2019).

Pathway
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on plants (except parasites) – Con Plant
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant nursery material – CNM
Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Ülgentürk S, Şişman Hocaali S (2019) Pest status of Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) and new records of scale insects from Northern Turkish Republic of Cyprus. Munis Entomology & Zoology 14(1): 294–300.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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