Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde, Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz (1999) 72, 153-157

Cetin Sengonca and C. Arnold (1999)
Survey on the distribution of the Horse Chestnut Scale Pulvinaria regalis CANARD (Hom., Coccidae) in Germany in the years 1996 to 1998
Anzeiger für Schädlingskunde, Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz 72 (6), 153-157
Abstract: In the present study, the distribution of the Horse Chestnut Scale insect Pulvinaria regalis CANARD in Germany in the years 1996 to 1998 and tendencies in the variation of infestation levels during the past three years were investigated by a survey. A questionnaire was sent to the offices for green areas and environmental affairs of 121 cities in Germany with a population exceeding 75.000 citizens. Additional observations by the authors were also taken into consideration. A comparison to data from 1995 was conducted. In the year 1998, this arboricultural pest occurred in 34 cities (15 in 1995) and could be found in the areas of the Rhineland and the Ruhr-Valley, from Bonn in the south up to Münster (Westphalia) in the north and from Aachen in the west to Hagen and Dortmund in the east. P. regalis could also be detected in Offenbach and Frankfurt a.M.. It also occurred southward along the rivers Rhine and Neckar in the cities of Mainz, Ludwigshafen, Freiburg and Stuttgart. The most southern point where P. regalis was detected in July 1998 was Zürich in Switzerland. The first occurrence of the 19 new observed infestations with P. regalis took place in six instances before 1995, eight in 1995, three in 1996, and one each in 1997 and 1998. The investigations about tendencies in the variation of infestation levels revealed a decrease in scale numbers only in the cities where Horse Chestnut Scales have been observed first in Germany. On the other hand, almost every place located further away from these infestation sites showed a population increase of P. regalis. Constant infestation levels over the past three years could be found in only two cities. In most cases lime, maple and horse chestnut trees were the host plants of this scale insect.
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Database assignments for author(s): Cetin Sengonca

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pulvinaria regalis		Germany