Maconellicoccus hirsutus(PHENHI)
Distribution details in Tunisia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2015: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
First recorded in: 2014
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/070) : first found during summer 2014 in different localities of Sousse governorate (Akouda, Chott Mariem, Port Kantaoui).
* Abbes K, Harbi A, Wanassi T, Ricupero M, Mazzeo G, Russo A, Biondi A, Zappalà L, Chermiti B (2023) The cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is spreading in North Africa: first report in Tunisia. Oriental Insects. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2023.2253237
------- On Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and H. mutabilis.
* Ben Halima-Kamel M, Germain JF, Mdellel F (2015) First records of two mealybugs, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) and Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, in Tunisia and the North of Africa. EPPO Bulletin 45(1), 139–143.
------- First report.
------- On Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and H. mutabilis.
* Ben Halima-Kamel M, Germain JF, Mdellel F (2015) First records of two mealybugs, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) and Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink, in Tunisia and the North of Africa. EPPO Bulletin 45(1), 139–143.
------- First report.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | Absent, invalid record |