EPPO Global Database

Phenacoccus solenopsis(PHENSO)

Distribution details in Argentina

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1989
From CABI Pest map 761 (2012): Present, no details
References
* Fand BB, Suroshe SS (2015) The invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, a threat to tropical and subtropical agricultural and horticultural production systems - A review. Crop Protection 69, 34-43.

* Granara de Willink MC (2003) [New records and host plants of Phenacoccus from Argentina (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)] Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 62(3-4), 82-82 (in Spanish).
------- First specimens found on Ambrosia tenuifolia in 1989-90 (Cordoba, Entre Rios, Corrientes).

* Granara de Willink MC, Szumik C (2007) [Central and South American Phenacoccinae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae): Systematics and phylogeny]. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 66(1-2), 29-129 (in Spanish).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Brazil Espirito Santo Present, no details view...
Brazil Bahia Present, no details view...
Brazil Ceara Present, no details view...
Brazil Present, restricted distribution view...
Brazil Acre Present, no details view...
Brazil Paraiba Present, no details view...
Brazil Pernambuco Present, no details view...
Chile Present, no details view...
Uruguay Present, no details view...