EPPO Global Database

Ceroplastes rubens(CERPRB)

Distribution details in Hungary

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Absent, confirmed by survey
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, confirmed by survey (2024-06)
Comments
EFSA PLH Panel (2024): collected from Schefflera sp. in a botanical garden in Budapest. No longer present.
References
* EFSA PLH Panel (2024) Pest categorisation of Ceroplastes rubens. EFSA Journal, 22(7), e8888. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8888

* Fetyko K, Kozar F (2012) Records of Ceroplastes Gray 1828 in Europe, with an identification key to species in the Palaearctic region. Bulletin of Insectology, 65(2), 291–295
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