Eriosoma lanigerum

(Hausmann, 1802)

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Common name (English)

Woolly apple aphid; Woolly aphid; American blight

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Habitat detail

Unknown

Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1937

Impacts

Negative

On apple (Georghiou 1977).

Online resource

http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:Aphid.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:19884

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

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.