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Parlatoria ziziphi

(Lucas, 1853)
Arthropoda » Hemiptera » Diaspididae » Parlatoria ziziphi
Common name (English)
Mediterranean scale
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Ethiopia, Mauritius, Romania, Portugal, Poland, Philippines, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Panama, Palau, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sardinia, Morocco, Sierra Leone, Malta, Mali, Malaysia, Libya, Liberia, Lebanon, Laos, New Zealand, Taiwan, Zaire, Vietnam, Venezuela, United States of America, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Trinidad and Tobago, Senegal, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Spain, South Africa, Singapore, Puerto Rico & Vieques Island, Sicily, Kampuchea (=Cambodia), Togo, Burma (=Myanmar), Egypt, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Cyprus, Cuba, Crete, Cte d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast), Colombia, Argentina, Eritrea, Cameroon, China, Bulgaria, Brazil, Bermuda, Barbados, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, Australia, Japan, Saint Croix, Algeria, Central African Republic, Israel, Jamaica, Canary Islands, Italy, Iran, Indonesia, India, Hong Kong, Hawaiian Islands, Haiti, Guyana, Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Greece, Ghana, Germany, Georgia, Gambia, France, Guatemala 14773 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic:

Impacts
Negative

On lemons imported to Egypt from Cyprus (Hall 1924; Morris 1937).

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

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Hall WJ (1924) The insect Pests of Citrus Trees in Egypt. Ministry of Agriculture, Egypt, Tech. and Science Service, Bulletin No. 45, 2 pp.

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

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

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