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Aonidiella aurantii

(Maskell, 1879)
Arthropoda » Hemiptera » Diaspididae » Aonidiella aurantii
Common name (English)
California red scale
Ηabitat
I1 Arable

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

Impacts
Negative

On citrus, rose, jasmine, Eunymus, Gleditschia (widespread and destructive). Also on carob, mulberry (Georghiou 1977); C. mandalina, C. limon, C. paradisi, C. sinensis, A. cyanophylla (Şişman & Ülgentürk 2010); This species occurs very commonly on citrus trees, especially lemons, and in case of heavy infestation causes defoliation. Carob, mulberry, rose and other plants are also attacked. This is the most important cittrus pest on the Island and a certain ammount of spraying and fumigation are carried out against it (Morris 1937).

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

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Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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