Icerya purchasi(ICERPU)
Distribution details in Malta
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2014: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1900s
From CABI Pest map 051 (1971): Present, no details
First recorded in: 1900s
From CABI Pest map 051 (1971): Present, no details
* Mifsud D, Mazzeo G, Russo A, Watson G W (2014) The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago. Zootaxa 3866(4), 499-525.
-------- Specimens from different locations (Bugibba, Kercem, Marsa, Mdina, Luqa, Mgarr, Mosta, Qawra, Valetta, Victoria).
* Mifsud D, Watson GW (1999) Introduced sap-feeding insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese Islands. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(1), 29-34.
------- Introduced in 1907/08, controlled by Rodolia cardinalis.
-------- Specimens from different locations (Bugibba, Kercem, Marsa, Mdina, Luqa, Mgarr, Mosta, Qawra, Valetta, Victoria).
* Mifsud D, Watson GW (1999) Introduced sap-feeding insect pests of crop plants in the Maltese Islands. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist 3(1), 29-34.
------- Introduced in 1907/08, controlled by Rodolia cardinalis.