Phytoparasitica (2014) 42, 713-721

Giuseppina Pellizzari and Francesco Porcelli (2014)
Alien scale insects (Hemiptera Coccoidea) in European and Mediterranean countries: the fate of new and old introductions
Phytoparasitica 42 (5), 713-721
Abstract: This contribution focuses on recent interceptions and introductions of alien scale insects and their current distribution in European and Mediterranean countries. Data and collections were gathered in markets, nurseries, and botanical gardens, mostly in Italy, either indoors or outdoors. New or recent records of the following alien species are presented: Exallomochlus hispidus (Morrison); Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) (Pseudococcidae); Coccus viridis (Green); Milviscutulus mangiferae (Green) (Coccidae); Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead); Aspidiotus destructor Signoret; Aulacaspis tubercularis Newstead; Fiorinia fioriniae Targioni Tozzetti; Lepidosaphes pinnaeformis (Bouché); Pseudaulacaspis brimblecombei Williams (Diaspididae). New data and pest status of Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell (Phoenicococcidae) and Trabutina mannipara (Hemprich and Ehrenberg) (Pseudococcidae) are also reported. The possible repeated introductions of the latter from North Africa to south Italy by trans-Mediterranean winds, is hypothesized.
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Database assignments for author(s): Giuseppina Pellizzari, Francesco Porcelli

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.
	Phoenicococcus marlatti
	Ferrisia virgata
	Coccus viridis
	Aspidiotus destructor
	Aonidiella orientalis
	Aulacaspis tubercularis
	Exallomochlus hispidus
	Milviscutulus mangiferae
	Fiorinia fioriniae