Dactylopius opuntiae

(Cockerell, 1896)

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Common name (English)

Opuntia cochineal scale

Ηabitat

X10 Mixed landscapes

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

2017

Impacts

Negative

Opuntia ficus–cacti, Opuntia spp. [...] Prickly pear cochineal sucks sap of cactus. The feeding point becomes surrounded by yellow areas and the cladodes collapse and may later drop off. Cactus in Closed Maraş Region were totaly collaps by D. opuntiae (Fig. 2d) after first determination in year 2017 (Eppo, 2017). It is in the situation of an outbreak in whole Closed Maraş region (Ülgentürk and Şişman Hocaali 2019).

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

Ülgentürk S, Şişman Hocaali S (2019) Pest status of Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) and new records of scale insects from Northern Turkish Republic of Cyprus. Munis Entomology & Zoology 14(1): 294–300.