Quadrastichus citrella

Reina & La Salle, 2004

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Ηabitat

I1 Arable

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1995

Impacts

Unknown

In the 1990s, Q. citrella from Thailand was introduced into Cyprus, where it established permanently (Schauff et al. 1998); no information on the impact of the species on P. citrella was found (Gerber & Schauff 2016).

Pathway

1 RELEASE IN NATURE - Biological Control – BC

References

ARI (1995) Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and natural resources, Annual Report For 1995, Nicosia, pp 90.

FAO (1996) Report on the Workshop on Citrus Leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella) and its Control in the Near East, Safita (Tartous), Syria, 30 September - 3 October 1996, (Cairo: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for the Near East), 34 pp.

Gerber E, Schaffner U (2016) Chapter 2: European insect biocontrol agents released in Europe. In: Gerber E, Schaffner U (Eds) Review of invertebrate biological control agents introduced into Europe.CABI Switzerland, Rue des Grillons 1, CH-2800.