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Hemiberlesia lataniae

(Signoret, 1869)
Arthropoda » Hemiptera » Diaspididae » Hemiberlesia lataniae
Common name (English)
Latania scale
Global distribution

Ghana, Seychelles, Puerto Rico & Vieques Island, Reunion, Ryukyu Islands (=Nansei Shoto), Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Portugal, Senegal, Niue, Sicily, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Zaire, New Caledonia, Mozambique, Morocco, Solomon Islands, Palau, Tuvalu, Mexico, Zanzibar, Bangladesh, Western Samoa, Volcano Islands (=Kazan-Reto), Vanuatu (=New Hebrides), Zimbabwe, United States of America, United Kingdom, Wake Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, South Africa, Turkey, Tonga, Tokelau, Thailand, Tanzania, Taiwan, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Spain, Uganda, Canary Islands, Egypt, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Crete, Corsica, Cook Islands, Comoros, Federated States of Micronesia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cameroon, Bonin Islands (=Ogasawara-Gunto), Australia, Argentina, Angola, Algeria, Agalega Islands, Mauritius, Brazil, China, Madeira Islands, Chile, Marshall Islands, Fiji, Madagascar, Lebanon, Kiribati, Kenya, Japan, Jamaica, Italy, Israel, Indonesia, Galapagos Islands, French Polynesia, Georgia, Greece, Guyana, Hawaiian Islands, India, Guinea, France 15264 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic:

Impacts
Negative

On myrtle (Georghiou 1977); in Cyprus it has been stated to occur in small numbers only and to be of little importance (Morris 1937); Robinia pseudoacacia, Schinus molle, Ficus carica ( Şişman and Ülgentürk 2010).

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.

Şişman S, Ülgentürk S (2010) Scale insects species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Turkish Journal of Zoology 34: 219-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0901-23

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

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