Parabemisia myricae
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Alien:
In spite of repreated chemical control against it, it attained explosive population levels and gradually spread to other citrus-growing areas of the island. [...] The damage caused by the JBW is mostly indirect through the excretion of honey-dew by the immature stages. The honeydew covers the leaves, supports the growth of sooty mold and mixes with airborne dust toform a crust which hinders photosynthesis and respiration of the tree. Direct damage through the extraction of sap from the leaves is significant only at extremely high densities (Orphanides 1991).
Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)
Orphanides GM (1991) Biology and biological control of Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana)(Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Cyprus. Technical Bulletin 135, 6p.