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Icerya purchasi

(Maskell, 1879)
Arthropoda » Hemiptera » Margarodidae » Icerya purchasi
Icerya purchasi
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Common name (English)
Cottony cushion scale
Common name (Greek)
Βαμβακάδα των εσπεριδοειδών
Ηabitat
G5 Anthropogenic woodlands
I1 Arable
I2 Parks
X11 Large parks
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1934
Impacts
Negative

On Citrus, rosemary, walnut (Georghiou 1977); Citrus (Morris 1937); Citrus spp. and Acacia cyanophylla (=Acacia saligna) (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

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University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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